McOutrage: poverty wages, $30m corporate jet

<div class="mod" style="background-color: rgba(228, 236, 217, 0.64); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; margin: 0; padding: 15px;"><h2 style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizccEzThvbZJjItz9eKHEc-deH1Oy4aI9MrjlUq4j71WIxhoqs1sll6_XL95zdkD6WUEDlI7mxGYZMtpEXmd35cqW34N8Ri_KG_5rhE05JhjEBGiTD91lZMtZAC-XZJ35o1wvkbVPXARmg/s1600/3F44EEB3B35AFE5786C2781F4F879D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizccEzThvbZJjItz9eKHEc-deH1Oy4aI9MrjlUq4j71WIxhoqs1sll6_XL95zdkD6WUEDlI7mxGYZMtpEXmd35cqW34N8Ri_KG_5rhE05JhjEBGiTD91lZMtZAC-XZJ35o1wvkbVPXARmg/s320/3F44EEB3B35AFE5786C2781F4F879D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="mod_author" style="color: #580000; line-height: 1.6; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>By Isaiah J. Poole</b></span></span></div><div class="mod_author" style="color: #580000; line-height: 1.6; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://ourfuture.org/">ourfuture.org</a> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><br /><div style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>McDonald’s says it can’t afford to pay her and the company’s more than 700,000 other American nonmanagement employees a wage that would lift them above the poverty line. What McDonald’s Corp. can afford to do, though, is buy itself a new corporate jet. </b></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>That’s right. Bloomberg News reported earlier this week that McDonald’s Corp. has purchased for the use of its executives a Bombardier Challenger 605, a 12-seat plane that goes for between $27 million and $35 million ... Meanwhile ... other McDonald’s employees have been offered a “McResources” telephone help line to call that offers them helpful advice if they are having problems meeting their expenses on their minimum-wage McPaycheck. </b></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The advice: Sign up for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“food stamp”) benefits and Medicaid ... it is criminal that CEOs of corporations like McDonald’s pay their full-time workers wages that keep them below the poverty line.</b></span></span></div></div>

CONSUMER NEWS NATIONAL NEWS OPINION McOutrage: poverty wages, $30m corporate jet

By Isaiah J. Poole ourfuture.org McDonald’s says it can’t afford to pay her and the company’s more than 700,000 other American nonmanagem...

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PHOTOS: Jamie Dornan, new Christian Grey!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PeIoXY-jXAzOE7YPhypFgL9lujBbq7ib-ELP9NfoQcByJrM5OxJ5qJcXo9tZKlccxkqI7vIuRfbGsw4oV4gShV-NIM9zHcn41zrDopENLYGyOe7Y50fNsThGmwkRgWbpj9Vf5pwjjOj5/s1600/jamiedornanforcalvinkleinlookbook-calvin-klein-639385343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PeIoXY-jXAzOE7YPhypFgL9lujBbq7ib-ELP9NfoQcByJrM5OxJ5qJcXo9tZKlccxkqI7vIuRfbGsw4oV4gShV-NIM9zHcn41zrDopENLYGyOe7Y50fNsThGmwkRgWbpj9Vf5pwjjOj5/s1600/jamiedornanforcalvinkleinlookbook-calvin-klein-639385343.jpg" title="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Irish actor and model Jamie Dornan to play Christian Grey vacated by Jamie Hunnam in '50 Shades of Grey' movie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Not someone as everybody expects but who cares! This guys is soooo freakin' sexy! Check out these photos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KVK-oT5_y-UfmHJGE51fcScsPBuvym580hyEJXmgtsOpmgb69bkQWYJHFf9mxEqgbnYGW4e2ZbTyoL2Co9gPi7_gB5kJQSoQ8g02LbcLSrMg3sa7hjLL5zSZ8XkPvY-Vh8i0rJsML1hx/s1600/full-jamie-dornan-calvin-klein-353691455.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KVK-oT5_y-UfmHJGE51fcScsPBuvym580hyEJXmgtsOpmgb69bkQWYJHFf9mxEqgbnYGW4e2ZbTyoL2Co9gPi7_gB5kJQSoQ8g02LbcLSrMg3sa7hjLL5zSZ8XkPvY-Vh8i0rJsML1hx/s1600/full-jamie-dornan-calvin-klein-353691455.jpg" title="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SbvPUVTQIw8E5Waq9PwkK498WDL7I5GFlaq4brp6nMlf5R13MCSWB30opYM2YzTy9zvdMaEakCpwmsvLYvvNAlHrEyUBlWM8TbMyqpQpDx05TiL9bczfSxvnRq1fCj27zB6cEbLiiKnU/s1600/jamie-dornan-torso-1763875771.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img alt="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SbvPUVTQIw8E5Waq9PwkK498WDL7I5GFlaq4brp6nMlf5R13MCSWB30opYM2YzTy9zvdMaEakCpwmsvLYvvNAlHrEyUBlWM8TbMyqpQpDx05TiL9bczfSxvnRq1fCj27zB6cEbLiiKnU/s1600/jamie-dornan-torso-1763875771.jpg" title="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIY9KPd86jubWysqgUnBu_pgNcUtEA88RJhQ3P9RE9QMej5gg0CC577ejnaYbEkwDehfW5Oz3VEIPdLskx-MaZl6GXyYLVLTjhOYmyRYbTcJ1b5MqYRya2HvVhIi8qSC7QcsXDnNocjBzy/s1600/calvin_klein_adf0906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIY9KPd86jubWysqgUnBu_pgNcUtEA88RJhQ3P9RE9QMej5gg0CC577ejnaYbEkwDehfW5Oz3VEIPdLskx-MaZl6GXyYLVLTjhOYmyRYbTcJ1b5MqYRya2HvVhIi8qSC7QcsXDnNocjBzy/s1600/calvin_klein_adf0906.jpg" title="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXn0RTDmlZo2an6rxUeicwyStw5rh2xDyhxAONEmYLTQCTHQ80mWVmwjklpYbiBe-Cupo16LH3QPAuBArHMrnU2KaXf3tvZNNea3PrdXKfUxFRv0cgsToOZQki4iL1kYVqSP5s-2pWaoU/s1600/jamie-dornan-wallpaper-136564551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXn0RTDmlZo2an6rxUeicwyStw5rh2xDyhxAONEmYLTQCTHQ80mWVmwjklpYbiBe-Cupo16LH3QPAuBArHMrnU2KaXf3tvZNNea3PrdXKfUxFRv0cgsToOZQki4iL1kYVqSP5s-2pWaoU/s1600/jamie-dornan-wallpaper-136564551.jpg" title="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomwG95fNls5wYI5orqRr7OUXl4N8MyDq1DByf77GVU_CcuwYX0u2gfqE0QN2YjS6k2h1KkvYKiuddUdWP2klOlcb1vC6HrooTg-cHTPTd4jNKsK-BWHpyvCTYJqRsTRYB2jwuXUMPjC1k/s1600/num-ro-homme-spring-jamie-dornan-1376788929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomwG95fNls5wYI5orqRr7OUXl4N8MyDq1DByf77GVU_CcuwYX0u2gfqE0QN2YjS6k2h1KkvYKiuddUdWP2klOlcb1vC6HrooTg-cHTPTd4jNKsK-BWHpyvCTYJqRsTRYB2jwuXUMPjC1k/s1600/num-ro-homme-spring-jamie-dornan-1376788929.jpg" title="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifU_jeGiehZ9K_6QJdxwS0nmf7sXbRZHvMPd4fIdwNkdbRlh6HHbXLUfWXVPBvTwPKMUE6FB0c_eonr4hpVO975g6-D7UsphRBbYpMD9q8tPIQ4tt96BwBXHvTgP0UQgqQ_z3kKE4Bg_T4/s1600/jamie-dornan-underwear-underwear-885363222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifU_jeGiehZ9K_6QJdxwS0nmf7sXbRZHvMPd4fIdwNkdbRlh6HHbXLUfWXVPBvTwPKMUE6FB0c_eonr4hpVO975g6-D7UsphRBbYpMD9q8tPIQ4tt96BwBXHvTgP0UQgqQ_z3kKE4Bg_T4/s1600/jamie-dornan-underwear-underwear-885363222.jpg" title="Jamie Dornan - New Christian Grey [duchessofandrogyny.blogspot.com]" /></a></div><br />

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Irish actor and model Jamie Dornan to play Christian Grey vacated by Jamie Hunnam in '50 Shades of Grey' movie. Not someone as every...

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Lesson Ideas #1: A lesson idea on using VideoNot.es to summarise online videos

<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/AVvXsEh1IGqUlHwPZixlWxvBezbw7JQuVoRWa1ySBvZ1Tyd7GeiPSTdYmxqLSRqf5LwJtQePx1BtY5MfkXzfwvh_FMVLA4IIMwphWjh-NLcLqYBI4xzjRY4iFQonGZ6DMPOy-LKUpZ2KQYZ_VUc/s1600/videonot.es.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IGqUlHwPZixlWxvBezbw7JQuVoRWa1ySBvZ1Tyd7GeiPSTdYmxqLSRqf5LwJtQePx1BtY5MfkXzfwvh_FMVLA4IIMwphWjh-NLcLqYBI4xzjRY4iFQonGZ6DMPOy-LKUpZ2KQYZ_VUc/s200/videonot.es.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><i><br /></i><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this scenario I would like to teach a Grade 8 or 9 class how to easily summarise a video using the fantastic free, online application VideoNot.es. </span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></strong><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure that each student has a Google ID so that they can link Videonot.es to their Google Drive which comes with a Google ID. (All free!)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create a presentation on VideoNot.es to show your students. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Locate the online video URL you wish to use. In my case I want the students to create their own blogs in our next lesson, so I have chosen a YouTube video that will introduce them to blogging. </span></li></ol><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lesson</span></strong><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are so many amazing educational videos in YouTube. How does one easily make notes from a video? Have a discussion on this and elicit ideas from the students. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introduce the students to Google Drive. Make sure they know how to log in to their Google Drive account. (Keep a private record of usernames and passwords) </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The students look at this presentation on <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7e020e03-de26-4912-afb1-b3099043d451" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="058b905f-4785-4245-8bdc-f58d84e54c69" grcontextid="Videonot:0">Videonot</span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="88d150d0-fc92-415e-9cfa-5daa98905862" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="058b905f-4785-4245-8bdc-f58d84e54c69" grcontextid=".:1">.</span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="331721c1-801b-485e-8917-5ad98432b8b6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="058b905f-4785-4245-8bdc-f58d84e54c69" grcontextid="es:2">es</span>. to consider if they would include this as a way to view and summarise online videos</span></li></ol><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="389" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rcC01pMUz3hdI1AXE9syAwbcVho3KsbLLuEukOkjzeU/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="480"></iframe><br /><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4.  Use <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9dfb838f-d4f8-46cf-8641-6ebbf6267c60" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5d8e8186-5083-4658-8635-af6839650dfb" grcontextid="Videonot:0">Videonot</span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0b698894-9415-4a73-b3d9-fe55227e8bd7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5d8e8186-5083-4658-8635-af6839650dfb" grcontextid=".:1">.</span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3b27c712-d445-4b95-8e76-e664e266f1d9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5d8e8186-5083-4658-8635-af6839650dfb" grcontextid="es:2">es</span> to <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="171b0353-b3e5-4773-9c36-07d30c780921" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5d8e8186-5083-4658-8635-af6839650dfb" grcontextid="summarise:3">summarise</span> an online video about blogging or whatever you want them see. This is the YouTube video called ‘How to blog’. </span></blockquote><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NjwUHXoi8lM" width="420"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjwUHXoi8lM">What is a blog?</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5.  The students open <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d3d452fa-39fc-4c31-b024-fbd2f2024e15" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="79307fc1-ebb9-47a8-b222-c6c389e2f509" grcontextid="Videonot:0">Videonot</span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="528d9410-73d4-4f1e-898b-d3f8dc4d76e5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="79307fc1-ebb9-47a8-b222-c6c389e2f509" grcontextid=".:1">.</span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4c4a8f1a-0d0f-4668-8f4a-db7538f61952" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="79307fc1-ebb9-47a8-b222-c6c389e2f509" grcontextid="es:2">es</span> and then open the blogging video in <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4802a8ea-b63e-493a-8512-3e7c2fa69fd4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="79307fc1-ebb9-47a8-b222-c6c389e2f509" grcontextid="Videonotes:3">Videonotes</span>. They <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8e9e0d95-c65c-405a-8beb-33aa717024c1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0cc095ff-f31b-44f3-ab61-9dc4f7d166a9" grcontextid="summarise:0">summarise</span> the video.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Reviewing the students’ work</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The documents are neatly shared in the folder I have created for their work</span>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdRm8np2UJSNL5z9L35j0Ry0BjKf15fI1hiwlKZhYpDZf_t3WMgStL2VttEfpHuu-kCq9CcG6T-LNmurPHF2gnzGa5WaJsqSeQmn4747hvbjsI9O9xAGaMPh4Co7KqiXVSuCl391PxG4/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTYIpqXGKQbpsaULnwB_9QRnhexkGP1ZRGSj18wpm3WD-dpg3ubdlpEmJCNFD58eVs5AgPPkurzkZQRfQyQsa42WY81hwNC4lO5tq6KOezXuBN8ZVDiCTiZnzD1T0-EcZIvKQRg2Mu2A/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beauty of using Google Drive is that the students can share their work with me via email. I can review it and when it comes to Videonot.es I can see if they captured what I asked them to look for and then share my feedback via a Google Drive email. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Webinar recording</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The SchoolNet webinar recording on using Videonot.es can be accessed in<a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2013/10/schoolnet-webinar-recording-from.html" target="_blank"> this post.</a></span></div>

Lesson ideas Lesson Ideas #1: A lesson idea on using VideoNot.es to summarise online videos

Submitted by Fiona Beal In this scenario I would like to teach a Grade 8 or 9 class how to easily summarise a video using the fantastic free...

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SchoolNet webinar recording from Thursday 24th October 3:30pm 'Take note of Videonot.es’

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPA2YCSTyyzrcQWw805KIkEy8Clt_VLxmLvRDnBwwnFjQFJmUe5j7SkKJ0QKvZcqlg6WlKkYsP8h0b3QIGBfoWz_ikU4sabt_CGJ8vHtGpYlIM46opRU_PQF1galv3PunT67tAuXhqXM/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8VVvVjT9HpQ8daVyo_MImhkHWX-bVpwAygaJEozyyh8X1qdOZsUxjlEKw1Lq977Lhito9k_mqqoFPJVP6TYaiYO8znrjahLlRF8OksmIUAcJP-dkB-Ik59zxsfgLc6TBOxuso9UOuTY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Thursday afternoon (24th October) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Take note of Videonot.es’ presented by Fiona Beal. Thank you to all who attended the webinar.</span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Summary of the webinar</span></strong></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>Meeting Name</b></u>: Take note of Videonot.es</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>Summary</b></u>: Videonot.es is a fantastic free tool to use with students (or personally) when summarising an online video. VideoNotes allows you to load any YouTube video on the left side of your screen and on the right side of the screen VideoNotes gives you a notepad to type on. This application works in conjunction with Google Drive so that when the video has been summarised the notes are saved automatically in your online Google Drive. (If you have a gmail address or a Google ID you have Google Drive as well). So join the paperless journey and discover the benefits of using Videonot.es with your students.</span></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /></span></div><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Presentation</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fiona’s presentation is given below via Slideshare and you can download it should you wish to.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/27531191" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/take-note-of-videonotes" target="_blank" title="Take note of videonot.es">Take note of videonot.es</a> </strong>from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></strong> </div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Webinar recording</span></strong><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">If you wish to listen to the presentation the recording link can be found at</span><a href="http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p6e3fu9a3no/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p6e3fu9a3no/</span></a><br /><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lesson idea</span></strong><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">See the next post for a lesson idea for using Videonot.es.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div></div></div>

SchoolNet webinar recording from Thursday 24th October 3:30pm 'Take note of Videonot.es’

On Thursday afternoon (24th October) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Take note of Videonot.es’ presented by Fiona Beal. Than...

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5 reasons I’m moving from Blogger to WordPress and how I did it

<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Visit my new blog at <a href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/">www.coolcatteacher.com</a>.  Here's more about the move...</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">It is official, I'm moving from <a data-mce-href="http://www.blogger.com" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank">Blogger </a>to <a data-mce-href="http://www.wordpress.org" href="http://www.wordpress.org/" target="_blank">Wordpress</a>. It has taken almost 4 months but it is as ready as it is going to get. I've powered up the wordpress over at <a data-mce-href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com" href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/">coolcatteacher.com</a> and made the jump from <a data-mce-href="http://www.weebly.com" href="http://www.weebly.com/" target="_blank">weebly</a>. (nothing against weebly, it is a great place for static sites.)</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">I thought some of you might want to know why I am moving and also how I did it:</div><div class="mceTemp" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" data-mce-style="width: 310px;" id="attachment_3614" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin: 10px 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a data-mce-href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cool-cat-teacher-moving-to-wordpress.png" href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cool-cat-teacher-moving-to-wordpress.png"><img alt="Moving coolcatteacher from Blogger to wordpress" class="size-medium wp-image-3614 " data-mce-src="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cool-cat-teacher-moving-to-wordpress-300x190.png" height="190" src="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cool-cat-teacher-moving-to-wordpress-300x190.png" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; border: 0px none; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">My new blog is on Wordpress using the Get Noticed theme. I've still got some tweaks to do (like the twitter and other icons running across my head on the top right) but it is good enough to make the swap</dd></dl></div><h1 style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">Why am I moving from Blogger to Wordpress?</h1><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">First of all, the decision to move is a very hard decision for many reasons. The time it has taken and the learning curve are two big reasons. Plus, it is very easy to really mess up the old site I've spent so much time building.</div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">1. <a class="zem_slink" data-mce-href="http://wordpress.org" href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="WordPress">Wordpress</a> has more add ins and flexibility.</h2><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">I reached the point several years a go that I was having to do a lot of hand coding in HTML on Blogger just to get it do the basics. I even bought 2 different Blogger themes and installed them only to have one break and the other never even work. So, I settled on a standard theme, but I still wasn't pleased with my blogger blog. Images were running off blog post and I found myself fighting at the code level with many posts instead of focusing on good writing. I appreciate all that Google has done with the Blogger platform - it is very stable and has so many great features that are wonderful for beginners. I just got tired of trying to write everything in HTML.</div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">2. I'm concerned about Google's new Terms of Service</h2><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.zdnet.com/googles-terms-of-service-changes-boil-down-to-privacy-security-7000021871/" href="http://www.zdnet.com/googles-terms-of-service-changes-boil-down-to-privacy-security-7000021871/">Google's new Terms of service</a>   is pretty questionable as it relates to claiming ownership to what you write on your blog. I have a sign by my bed cross stiched by my high school guidance counselor:</div><blockquote style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"A good name is to be had before great riches."</blockquote><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">While it is an easy way to be poor, I guess, it is good advice. With the new terms of service anything written on Google plus (or on the blogger blog as I interpret the TOS) can be used in an advertisement that Google shares using my photo and what I said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Right now, I'm leaving my content here, but I've imported every post to the new site and if Google makes me take everything down but this post because of some crazy endorsements or something, that is what will happen. To take our faces and "endorsements" and turn them into ads without our consent or fair compensation is over the line and is a slippery slope which <a data-mce-href="http://gigaom.com/2013/10/15/heres-why-its-legal-for-google-and-facebook-to-use-your-face-in-ads/" href="http://gigaom.com/2013/10/15/heres-why-its-legal-for-google-and-facebook-to-use-your-face-in-ads/" target="_blank">Facebook first started</a> when they started showing friends who liked a page. (You can turn off Google's shared endorsements by following<a data-mce-href="http://www.ghacks.net/2013/10/11/disable-shared-endorsement-ads-google/" href="http://www.ghacks.net/2013/10/11/disable-shared-endorsement-ads-google/" target="_blank"> these instructions</a>.)</div><div class="mceTemp" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <dl class="wp-caption alignright" data-mce-style="width: 310px;" id="attachment_3616" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: right; margin: 10px 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a data-mce-href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cool-cat-old-blog.png" href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cool-cat-old-blog.png"><img alt="Cool Cat Teacher on blogger" class="size-medium wp-image-3616" data-mce-src="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cool-cat-old-blog-300x231.png" height="231" src="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cool-cat-old-blog-300x231.png" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; border: 0px none; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">I've been using blogger since 2005. This is a hard move to make, but is one that needed to happen. Moving from blogger to wordpress was challenging but I will show you how I did it.</dd></dl></div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">3. Free can cost you everything: pay for valuable services</h2><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Every March, Google pares down on products that don't make them money.  <a class="zem_slink" data-mce-href="http://blogger.com" href="http://blogger.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Blogger">Blogger</a> is free. But there is no such thing is free.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">But more importantly, every March, I've started wondering, "when is it going to be Blogger." While it is one of the top blogging platforms - it is free (unless you purchase a domain name) and I have little or no control over outages or problems. There have been times a blog post did extremely well where you might have had trouble getting to the site. Now, I pay for my site and all of that is under my control. Yes, it is costing me money and I'm going to have to hoof it to do some more freelance writing and a tad more advertising, perhaps (not a big fan of ads, just a few).</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Free is free. I'm convinced that "free" is an excuse for no customer service and I'm willing to pay for any service I depend upon. <a data-mce-href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/google-reader-fans-transition-to-feedly-now-and-4-reasons-why-google-is-making-a-mistake/" href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/google-reader-fans-transition-to-feedly-now-and-4-reasons-why-google-is-making-a-mistake/" target="_blank" title="Google Reader Fans: Transition to Feedly Now (and 4 reasons why Google is making a mistake)">I would have paid</a> for <a class="zem_slink" data-mce-href="http://www.google.com/reader" href="http://www.google.com/reader" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google Reader">Google Reader</a> to stay around as well. But the fact is that if I have a problem on blogger, it is my problem. Google is required to give no customer service and can always argue back "but you're not paying for it - we're giving it to you (wait for it, breathe in) FOR FREE." Gifts don't happen and free doesn't either. <strong>Services always cost you something - they always do.</strong></div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">4. Time to move on</h2><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">I've always resisted the pressure to move "because that is what real bloggers do" just because the traffic on blogspot is so incredibly high. But, there are times you just have to make the move because it is the right thing to do.</div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">5. Coolcatteacher.com won't be blocked in schools like Blogspot</h2><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Blogspot blogs are blocked in many schools. Hopefully I can reach more teachers where they are every day instead of having to be read at night or on weekends. That said, many schools depend on the "white list" approach which means someone has to ask for a blog to be read. I'd appreciate if you are one of those people who recommends my blog to others, if you'll check and ask for it to be available at school. Many of you tell me that you do recommend my blog, and for that, I"m very grateful for your trust.</div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">Moving from Blogger to Wordpress in just a few steps</h2><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">Step A: Purchase domain name and establish ranking in search engines (2-3 years a go)</h3><div><a href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/moving-blogger-to-wordpress/" target="_blank">Read the rest of this post </a>on my new blog at<a href="http://www.coolcatteacher.com/moving-blogger-to-wordpress/" target="_blank"> coolcatteacher.com</a></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" data-mce-style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; height: 15px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" data-mce-href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" data-mce-src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=cc98f768-0136-4a2a-ac44-cd71229b322f" data-mce-style="border: none; float: right;" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=cc98f768-0136-4a2a-ac44-cd71229b322f" style="border: none; cursor: default; float: right;" /></a></div>

5 reasons I’m moving from Blogger to WordPress and how I did it

Visit my new blog at www.coolcatteacher.com .  Here's more about the move... It is official, I'm moving from  Blogger  to  Wordpress...

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Tenth Doctor Month: Quote Of The Day #24

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyiTrFyW4BDUwdSKa6uFVw1HIX9rotoeP6YYlnlNz8aiqTnsFRZ2VvozrcHo1YRbUf-NWxeaqAZ-wz_RjL3lEdklyhn0IZD-YlhSZgjs10nvQsaAiYYhALzglk3OqoVBeWz5AS5_qD5w/s1600/ut2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyiTrFyW4BDUwdSKa6uFVw1HIX9rotoeP6YYlnlNz8aiqTnsFRZ2VvozrcHo1YRbUf-NWxeaqAZ-wz_RjL3lEdklyhn0IZD-YlhSZgjs10nvQsaAiYYhALzglk3OqoVBeWz5AS5_qD5w/s640/ut2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jack: </b>So what about those things outside? The Beastie Boys. What are they?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Professor: </b>We call them the Future Kind. Which is a myth in itself. But it's feared they're what we will become. Unless we reach Utopia.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Doctor: </b>And Utopia is...?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Professor: </b>Oh, every human knows Utopia. Where've you been?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Doctor: </b>Bit of a hermit.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Professor: </b>A hermit? With friends?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Doctor: </b>Hermits United. We meet up every ten years. Swap stories about caves. It's good fun. For a hermit. </span>

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Jack: So what about those things outside? The Beastie Boys. What are they? The Professor: We call them the Future Kind. Which is a myth in i...

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Local Jacksonville Connection to the Steven Furtick Story: Stovall Weems on Board That Votes on Furtick's Salary

<div style="text-align: center;"><script src="http://www.wcnc.com/templates/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=229010291&pos=top&swfw=470"></script><object data="http://swfs.bimvid.com/player-3.2.15.swf" height="264" id="_fp_0.31151951011270285" name="player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470"> <param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"/> <param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/> <param value="transparent" name="wmode"/> <param value="high" name="quality"/> <param name="movie" value="http://swfs.bimvid.com/player-3.2.15.swf" /> <param value="config=http://www.wcnc.com/?j=embed_229010291&ref=http://www.wcnc.com/news/iteam/I-Team-Pastors-salary-set-by-board-not-congregation-229010291.html" name="flashvars"/></object><script src="http://www.wcnc.com/templates/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=229010291&pos=bottom&ref=http://www.wcnc.com/news/iteam/I-Team-Pastors-salary-set-by-board-not-congregation-229010291.html"></script> </div><br />Last night Stuart Watson's 2nd installment of his investigation into the Elevation Church and Steven Furtick's finances - and Furtick's new $1.7M, 16,000 square foot mansion on 19 acres - <a href="http://www.wcnc.com/news/iteam/I-Team-Pastors-salary-set-by-board-not-congregation-229010291.html" target="_blank">aired on WCNC in Charlotte</a>.<br /><br />And there is a Jacksonville connection to this very hot story that has Steven Furtick's finances under a microscope: as Watson reports our own Jacksonville mega church pastor Stovall Weems of <a href="http://celebration.org/" target="_blank">Celebration Church</a> is or was one of the five friends Furtick recruited to make up a so-called "Board of Overseerers" that votes on Furtick's salary!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFnbSd2ZnxSu2NQxp8Srpe0reJuJUVjIQ2AJpq620a4_Q_G2QJm6PBlcCrkf88RVFXGmvQGpA8_GY9f0Ra-f2ECu64k_ElQTItmGFbxYzwBpJGdkJuK1bczXfXfM05war5OIKLYykwVo9/s1600/WeemsatFurtick.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFnbSd2ZnxSu2NQxp8Srpe0reJuJUVjIQ2AJpq620a4_Q_G2QJm6PBlcCrkf88RVFXGmvQGpA8_GY9f0Ra-f2ECu64k_ElQTItmGFbxYzwBpJGdkJuK1bczXfXfM05war5OIKLYykwVo9/s320/WeemsatFurtick.png" width="320" /></a><br />But that is not all. As reported by Watson, there seems to be a conflict of interest involved with Weems and two of the other 4 "board of overseers" in that they personally have financial connections to the Elevation Church. As reported in the story:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"The board of overseers is made entirely of other mega church pastors just like Steven Furtick. 'The financial well-being of all of these guys are intimately intertwined'. That means Steven Furtick agrees to pay them to preach at Elevation [including Stovall, pictured above] and they pay him to preach at their conferences or mega churches."</b></i></div><br />So how on earth is it justified that men who earn money from Elevation Church by speaking at Furtick's church - yet have no official connection to the church itself - are on the board that sets his salary, yet none of the members who pay for the salary are able to find out what that number is? <br /><br />The one Elevation Church official who IS speaking to Stuart Watson confirms that men like Stovall <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMFPmW38BZ6Ign5hV5Z31LLtQ2kSLybXTLwH4qFkgBGx6r5ik-A5XZH-pkA0toMkIOnT9BEPg_KHG7pvFFWSt9OTWaW1TUowWzVoZejc0SvIC8Gq0rr-Nogrftyd0jrW-U2a274mFbOCs/s1600/StovallWeemsonBoard.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMFPmW38BZ6Ign5hV5Z31LLtQ2kSLybXTLwH4qFkgBGx6r5ik-A5XZH-pkA0toMkIOnT9BEPg_KHG7pvFFWSt9OTWaW1TUowWzVoZejc0SvIC8Gq0rr-Nogrftyd0jrW-U2a274mFbOCs/s320/StovallWeemsonBoard.png" width="320" /></a>do get paid for their speaking gigs at Elevation, but the pay is "small in scope". But he won't give any ranges of numbers.<br /><br />Maybe I can help. I wrote about this practice two years ago in an article entitled <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/08/modern-day-circuit-riders-traveling.html" target="_blank">"Modern Day 'Circuit Riders' - Traveling Mega Church Pastors Finding Another Way to Fleece the Flocks and Recycle Their Sermons."</a> And in that article I wrote: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b>"Insiders tell me that <span style="color: red;">visiting preachers at mega churches will earn up to $3000 for a Sunday morning sermon, or $5000 if they do the hard work of staying over and preaching the Sunday evening sermon also</span>. But I'm sure they have not one iota of guilt, since they tithe on the money, which makes them super spiritual.<br /><br />Not bad scratch. If they earn $3000 in addition to their travel, meals and lodging, <span style="color: red;">that is about $100 per minute for an average 30-minute sermon. Not an hour. A MINUTE. That is professional baseball player per minute money</span>. While churches everywhere are seeing their revenue continue to decline, the mega church pastors are hot and heavy to get out on the circuit to get their share of the visiting preacher dollars. "</b></i></blockquote>And that number of $3000 to $5000 is for a more "modest" SBC mega church here in Jax. I am going to go out on a limb and estimate that Furtick's bunch pays much more than that to its visiting Men of God. But of course we'll never know. It is all top secret.<br /><br />And while I'm at it, let me quote myself again from this article of two years ago, because this circuit-riding practice gets worse - many of these pastors like Furtick pay other pastors to come in and "beat the sheep", or what I would call shake-down the congregation, to get them to give more money. I wrote:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b>"Sometimes preachers are brought in to do the dirty work of the pastor. One of the more brazen moves was Perry Noble of NewSpring church hiring <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/06/robert-morris-issues-money-back.html">Robert Morris</a> to come in for two straight weeks to beat up the sheep over tithing, telling them of the curse on them and their money unless they gave Perry's church 10% of their income. Shameless."</b></i></blockquote>As I said yesterday, I'm glad reporters like Stuart Watson are finally reporting on these practices that are fleecing congregations all over our country, and which will eventually drive evangelical Christianity into the ground as all of this is exposed.<br /><br />And I highly, highly recommend that members of mega church pastors here in Jacksonville read the Wartburg Watch article yesterday, "<a href="http://thewartburgwatch.com/2013/10/23/steven-furtick-proves-that-it-is-time-to-stop-giving-to-the-local-church/" target="_blank">Steven Furtick Proves That It Is Time to Stop Giving to the Local Church</a>."  Dee and Deb give EXCELLENT advice to members of today's modern church regarding their financial support of their church.

Local Jacksonville Connection to the Steven Furtick Story: Stovall Weems on Board That Votes on Furtick's Salary

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McDonnell, Bolling, Warner, Kaine to honor fired AP reporter Bob Lewis

Virginia's top politicos plan to honor fired Associated Press reporter Bob Lewis at a reception on November 18, according to the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-calderone/virginia-governor-senator-ap_b_4150494.html"><i>Huffington Post</i></a>. Governor Bob McDonnell, Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, U.S. Senator Mark Warner, and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine will be on hand to honor the 57-year-old respected wordsmith.<br /><br />In an interesting revelation, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ap-reporters-mistake-did-the-punishment-fit-the-crime/2013/10/22/95b32b64-3b52-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html"><i>Huffington Post </i></a>wrote:<br /><blockquote>The McAuliffe campaign <a href="http://terrymcauliffe.com/mcauliffe-campaign-statement-on-ap-decision/" target="_hplink">responded immediately</a> after Monday's firing to say they did not push for actions to be taken against the journalists and noted having a "professional relationship" with Lewis, Potter and the AP's Virginia. <b>(The Washington Post <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ap-reporters-mistake-did-the-punishment-fit-the-crime/2013/10/22/95b32b64-3b52-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html" target="_hplink">reported</a> Tuesday night that Ken Cuccinelli, his Republican challenger in the Governor's race, passed the bogus tip to both the AP and the Post.)</b> [emphasis added]</blockquote>Indeed, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ap-reporters-mistake-did-the-punishment-fit-the-crime/2013/10/22/95b32b64-3b52-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story_1.html"><i>Post</i></a> wrote about the tip:<br /><blockquote>Several journalists, including some at AP, said the McAuliffe story was pushed to news organizations by the campaign of McAuliffe’s rival, Ken Cuccinelli II (R). The Washington Post was among those that received a tip about it from Cuccinelli’s campaign, but The Post passed on the story after checking it.</blockquote>When the news hit that night, many were quick to jump on it. Within two hours the story had been retracted. Response to Lewis' firing has come from all sides of the political aisle, a testament to the man who has long covered Virginia politics. The reception by top leaders is further evidence of that.  Here's hoping my invitation is in the mail....

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Virginia's top politicos plan to honor fired Associated Press reporter Bob Lewis at a reception on November 18, according to the Huffing...

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Get Qurious – try out Edge Campus’s Qurio

<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/AVvXsEgMi9nAniZ8WRUFqY0e9kGEav63_mgLLFVnPOlcHaEVZJfdoT-53qMUXzloZSbDv8bOwAD23xfa45PF2nfNIzbhJbR2Edlng5BRYJYYFIXS26VabJO2mcejSH276nW2LEHEKi69hTrBxrQ/s1600/qurio.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMi9nAniZ8WRUFqY0e9kGEav63_mgLLFVnPOlcHaEVZJfdoT-53qMUXzloZSbDv8bOwAD23xfa45PF2nfNIzbhJbR2Edlng5BRYJYYFIXS26VabJO2mcejSH276nW2LEHEKi69hTrBxrQ/s1600/qurio.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a quick update from Gareth of Edge Campus about the tool Qurio that they are working on which will be freely available to teachers. They've been hard at work on this tool and it aims to make the lives of all in education significantly simpler when it comes to the area of assessment and testing. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><i>Gareth reports </i><br />“Apart from making it freely available for all teachers, Qurio has also been making<br />steady headway into the lecture environment where it is being trialled on a number of<br />campuses as a virtual clicker/audience response system.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To watch a short video of a demo of Qurio and be notified of their launch in October, please go to their <a href="http://bit.ly/QurioKIS">Keep It Simple</a> website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LMSok0sPUb4" width="420"></iframe></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@edge_campus are releasing a new version of their tool Qurio on October 23rd. For more info, check out: <a href="http://bit.ly/QurioKIS">http://bit.ly/QurioKIS</a>. Their product blog has a number of interesting posts about this product. </span></div>

Get Qurious – try out Edge Campus’s Qurio

This is a quick update from Gareth of Edge Campus about the tool Qurio that they are working on which will be freely available to teachers. ...

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Join iEARN at the 2013 online Global Education Conference and submit a presentation

<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/AVvXsEjZuGD3yXxrQOnz5-eqHPfPS2LV5o0WipZ_fZ9Sp2hgHDjZ7Nc3Pwshq-2gFCRpjoHFqihCIDEj628M4QGZgKWOjgdN5chlspgVQWYN6YoOG2vrap55URxwJ45rU0IaVsDFKT-vaUNUZ34/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQqSrgrC86VbThdFI0fndxOYPqX0BrhCPj7F_jgdrwk9XxPp2UbGmEqi68_xlpZOK3S7ODy1U4JzQPoLD4HhHECrmnDUmLr2wG9qqxeg-h3G25b2aFRk-NHpo7OyOqwTV-NIiuVl2xOE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SchoolNet and iEarn work together in several projects. Consequently we are highlighting the online Global Education Conference’s call for presenters.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The virtual iEARN conference last year was a great success with over 90 presentations by teachers and students  All iEARN participants around the world are invited to meet again this year in the fourth annual <a href="http://iearn.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=782836154ac18a36600ab48e7&id=a8ddb6c0d2&e=f941a876aa">Global Education Conference</a>, a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, to be held Monday, November 18 through Friday, November 22, 2013 (Saturday, November 23rd in some time zones).<br />iEARN educators, youth, and other partners are invited to submit proposals that share examples and collaborative projects related to connecting classrooms and youth programs, with a strong emphasis on promoting global awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action towards solving real–world problems. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />iEARN-USA is again a supporting partner of the Global Education Conference, and iEARNparticipants are requested to tag their proposals with "2013iEARN" so that they can be included in the iEARN calendar of activities happening as part of the event.<br /><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Want to present?  Visit the Call for Proposals page for more information</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"></span></strong><a href="http://iearn.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=782836154ac18a36600ab48e7&id=8047d64107&e=f941a876aa">www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2013-call-for-presentation-proposals</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The GEC iEARN track is for proposals from participants of, and those interested in getting involved in, iEARN.  These are generally sessions focused on using technology to build global understanding and enhance teaching and learning.  Proposals are encouraged in all languages and across all grade levels from early childhood through high school level. Both educators and youth are encouraged to present!  Pre-service and in-service teacher education programs with a technology-enabled international exchange component are encouraged to submit proposals too. <br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ideas for presentations include: </span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using cell phones and mobile devices in collaborative project work </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teaching students 21st century skills through global collaborative projects </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Global project-based learning as a language acquisition strategy </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Preparing students to go abroad </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Videoconferencing tools for supporting real-time connections </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Supporting youth media-making in the classroom </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and any other topics related to the theme of using technology and virtual exchange to build global understanding and enhance teaching and learning</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sessions can be in any language and should be between 20-60 minutes in length. The deadline for workshop submissions is <strong>November 15, 2013</strong>, but those interested in presenting are encouraged to <a href="http://iearn.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=782836154ac18a36600ab48e7&id=0996dff6d7&e=f941a876aa">submit proposals</a> as early as possible as presenters will be notified of acceptance on a rolling basis.  </span><br /><h4></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay tuned to the Events listing on <a href="http://iearn.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=782836154ac18a36600ab48e7&id=b170aa24bd&e=f941a876aa">www.iearn.org</a> for updates about the 2013 Global Education Conference, including a listing of iEARN sessions that will be hosted as part of the event.  See you online in November!!! </span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

Join iEARN at the 2013 online Global Education Conference and submit a presentation

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Today's Teamster News 10.24.13

<a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/local-700-member-saves-19-month-old-receives-life-saving-award" rel="nofollow">Local 700 Member Saves 19-Month-Old, Receives Life Saving Award</a>  Teamsters Local 700   ...East Hazel Crest Police Officer Mitchell Drake was responding to a gas leak when a dispatcher called and redirected him to help a family whose baby stopped breathing...<br /><a href="http://www.theolympian.com/2013/10/23/2789179/voting-on-grocery-deal-expected.html" rel="nofollow">Voting on grocery deal expected to take 2 weeks</a>  The Olympian   ...Puget Sound union grocery workers, including Teamsters, will decide over the next two weeks whether to accept a new contract proposal from four major grocers or head back to the bargaining table...<br /><a href="http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20131022/NEWS01/310220050/Lansing-approves-wage-hikes-benefit-cuts-200-workers?nclick_check=1" rel="nofollow">Lansing approves wage hikes, benefit cuts for 200 workers</a>  Lansing State Journal   ...Lansing City Council has approved a new three-year contract with its public service employees that call for wage increases and reduced pension and healthcare benefits. The city is now is negotiating contracts with Lansing firefighters and with city workers represented by Teamsters Local 580...<br /><a href="http://www.wbal.com/article/103512/3/template-story/Unions-Back-MGM-Plan-For-Casino" rel="nofollow">Unions Back MGM Plan For Casino</a>  WBAL News   ...The unions, including Teamsters Local 639, that represent construction and labor workers in Prince George's County, Maryland are throwing their support behind a plan by MGM to build a casino at the National Harbor...<br /><a href="http://bhcourier.com/ohio-unions-remain-steady-as-opposition-postures-support-for-right-to-work/2013/10/22" rel="nofollow">Ohio unions remain steady as opposition postures ‘support’ for Right to Work</a>  Beverly Hills Courier   ...As Right to Work supporters ramped up efforts to take the law into their own hands and force the controversial Right to Work agenda onto a statewide ballot in 2014, unions say they are not only ready to fight but believe they have common sense and the public on their side...<br /><a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20131022/NEWS/310229637/1116" rel="nofollow">Lawsuit holding up sale dates to errant newspaper toss</a>  Telegram and Gazette   ...The lawsuit stalling billionaire John W. Henry's $70 million purchase of two Massachusetts newspaper stems from whether newspaper carriers classified as independent contractors should really be considered employees...<br /><a href="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10323" rel="nofollow">Diebold Charged With Bribery, Falsifying Docs, 'Worldwide Pattern of Criminal Conduct' </a> BradBlog   ...One of the world's largest ATM manufacturers and, formerly, one of the largest manufacturers of electronic voting systems, has been indicted by federal prosecutors for bribery and falsification of documents ... a U.S. Attorney says the latest charges are in response to "a worldwide pattern of criminal conduct" by the company....<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/10/23/video_mcdonalds_tells_workers_to_get_food_stamps/" rel="nofollow">Video: McDonald’s tells workers to get food stamps</a>  Salon   ...A new recording captures the fast food giant's worker 1-800 number touting public assistance...<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/10/23/the_number_of_families_with_children_living_in_deep_poverty_has_gone_up_130_percent_since_1996/" rel="nofollow">The number of families with children living in deep poverty has gone up 130 percent since 1996 </a> Salon   ... the number of families with children living on $2 a day or less has gone up nearly 130 percent...<br /><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/21/206054/americans-spend-less-now-than.html" rel="nofollow">Americans spend less now than in '73, report says</a>  McClatchy   ...Even with the added cost of smartphones and other technology, American families spend less of their total income today than 40 years ago, according to new research. But people aren't saving that extra money...The roughly 14 percent of unaccounted-for income today may go toward expenses such as debt, but it's impossible to be sure...<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/10/23/bangladesh_workers_could_get_50_raise_but_thats_just_9_cents_more/" rel="nofollow">Bangladesh workers could get 50% raise – but that’s just 9 cents more</a>  The Salon   ...While strikes may garner improvements for garment workers, the real decision maker will be Western retailers...<br /><nyt_byline><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/fashion/new-york-sets-work-rules-for-young-models.html?hp&_r=0" rel="nofollow">New York Sets Work Rules for Young Models</a>  New York Times   ...Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation on Monday night that will recognize fashion models under the age of 18 as child performers. The new law, which is expected to go into effect in 30 days, will have a significant impact on the casting of models for the next New York Fashion Week in February...</nyt_byline><br /><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131022/10231424967/us-free-trade-agreements-are-not-just-bad-economy-environment-too.shtml" rel="nofollow">US Free Trade Agreements Are Bad Not Just For The Economy, But For The Environment, Too</a>  Techdirt   ...Far from boosting US exports and creating more jobs as purported by the politicians, both the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and KORUS, the free trade agreement with South Korea, actually did the opposite. They increased the US trade deficit with those countries, and destroyed hundreds of thousands of American jobs...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/bp-waste-chicago_n_4138634.html" rel="nofollow">BP Oil Refinery Waste Stored At Koch Brothers-Owned Site Polluting Nearby Chicago Neighborhoods</a>  Huffington Post   ...Residents in several lower-income Chicago neighborhoods say a dirty oil byproduct from a nearby BP refinery is creating environmental and health hazards -- and no one is doing enough to stop it...<br /><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/food-stamp-benefits-going-down-holidays-8C11418632" target="_blank">Food stamp benefits going down before the holidays</a>  NBC News   ...Millions of American families could face a sparse holiday table when food stamps benefits get reduced in November, and that could be just the start of deeper cuts to the program to feed poor families...<br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.75pt;"><a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/10/23/taxpayers-to-help-pay-jpmorgans-fine-for-causing-2008-financial-crisis/" rel="nofollow">Taxpayers To Help Pay JPMorgan’s Fine For Causing 2008 Financial Crisis</a>  Fire Dog Lake   ...Feeling generous? You should because you are about to help pay for <a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/10/21/jpmorgan-to-pay-13-billion-for-causing-2008-financial-crisis/" rel="nofollow">JPMorgan’s $13 billion fine for causing the 2008 financial crisis</a>...<br /><a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10905" rel="nofollow">Justice Department Misrepresents JP Morgan Settlement </a> The Real News   ..."it's a $6 billion deal,” said Black. “That still, of course, is a large number, but compared to how much wealth was extracted by the senior officers and directors, it's actually not that big a deal, and compared to the losses they caused to the world through these frauds that drove the financial crisis, it's actually a pittance...”<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-countrywide-closing-arguments-20131022,0,2772246.story" rel="nofollow">Countrywide defrauded Fannie and Freddie, federal prosecutor says</a>  Bloomberg News   ...Bank of America Corp.'s Countrywide unit defrauded Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by selling them thousands of loans known to be defective, an attorney for the U.S. said in closing arguments in a lawsuit against the lender…</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/irs-says-tax-season-delayed-government-shutdown-8C11440868" rel="nofollow">IRS delays start of tax season due to government shutdown</a>  Associated Press   ...Here's more fallout from the government's partial shutdown: Early tax filers will have to wait an extra week or two to get tax refunds next year...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/22/wall-street-new-york-city-pay_n_4144144.html?utm_hp_ref=business" rel="nofollow">This 1 Chart Makes Gordon Gekko Look Like An Average Joe</a>  Huffington Post   ...In 1987 … our typical Wall Street character brought home some $69,550, which was easily more than double the $26,750 of the typical non-Wall Street employee in New York City… That is, until you consider 2012, by which time those two numbers had jumped to $360,700 and $69,200, respectively...<br /><a href="http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18268-social-security-pumps-$2-into-us-economy-for-every-benefit-dollar-spent" rel="nofollow">Social Security Pumps $2 Into US Economy for Every Benefit Dollar Spent</a>  Truthout   ...Just as food stamps stimulate the economy by creating about $1.80 of economic activity for every dollar of food stamps spent, Social Security pumps up job-generating and business activity by about $2 for every dollar recipients spend...<br /><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/detroit-really-broke-crucial-bankruptcy-trial-begin-8C11440615" rel="nofollow">Is Detroit really broke? Crucial bankruptcy trial to begin</a>  Associated Press   ...A judge starts exploring that question in an unusual trial to determine whether Detroit indeed is eligible to scrub its books in the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history. Unions and pension funds are claiming the city failed to negotiate in good faith before filing for Chapter 9 protection in July...<br /><a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19549-zoos-get-pandas-china-gets-uranium-is-this-a-fair-trade" rel="nofollow">Zoos Get Pandas, China Gets Uranium: Is This a Fair Trade?</a>  Truthout   ...China’s central government seems, more than ever, to be using its <a href="http://www.ryot.org/borrowing-bear-market-china-loaning-pandas-exchange-precious-resources/422921#.Ul2dYcfd-0A.twitter" rel="nofollow">monopoly on pandas</a> as a valuable bargaining chip to gain resources including uranium (to power <a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/tag/nuclear" rel="nofollow">nuclear</a> plants) and access to <a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/tag/clean-energy" rel="nofollow">renewable energy technology</a>...<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-edd-deloitte-20131023,0,511558.story" rel="nofollow">As many as 300,000 jobless affected by state software snags</a>  Los Angeles Times   ...Problems are growing worse for the state's Employment Development Department after a new computer system backfired, leaving some Californians without much-needed benefit checks for weeks...<br /><a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/news/state/article_d6ec83de-e44f-5452-aefe-c8dce0a4e982.html" rel="nofollow">Alabama makes plan for issuing free voter IDs</a>  Associated Press   ...The secretary of state's plan for implementing Alabama's photo ID requirement for voting includes making free ID cards available at many locations throughout the state...<br /><a href="http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/steven_elbow/report-scott-walker-decisions-drove-insurance-rates-much-higher-in/article_8e584b76-c03b-55f5-a44d-13a4867e92ed.html" rel="nofollow">Report: Scott Walker decisions drove insurance rates much higher in Wisconsin than in Minnesota </a> The Cap Times   ...Gov. Scott Walker’s rejection of federal Medicaid money and the state’s hands-off approach to rate regulation has pushed health care exchange rates up to 99 percent higher than in neighboring Minnesota...

Today's Teamster News 10.24.13

Local 700 Member Saves 19-Month-Old, Receives Life Saving Award   Teamsters Local 700   ...East Hazel Crest Police Officer Mitchell Drake wa...

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Aye Chingowa!

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Aye Chingowa!

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Nucking Futs!

Yeah, I don't think so,that's just fucking crazy to stand in front of that damn thing and hand feed logs into it.<br />Notice a couple of 'em take off.<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vmtMv7Cz0HA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />At the other end of the spectrum,<br />THIS THING IS THE SHIT!!<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5pLiJMZjQDw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Nucking Futs!

Yeah, I don't think so,that's just fucking crazy to stand in front of that damn thing and hand feed logs into it. Notice a couple of...

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FAIL In Capital Letters

Bad cop, no doughnut.<br /><br />Notice the ass covering going on in this article?<br /><br /> <br /><b><br /> 3 Calif. kids hurt when gun on cop's motorcycle fires</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/23/cop-motorcycle-gun-hurts-students/3174121/"><br />Michael Winter, USA TODAY </a>9:25 p.m. EDT October 23, 2013<br /><blockquote><b><i><br />Police can't say how accidental discharge happened during safety demo at anti-drug event.</i></b><br /><br />Three California elementary school students suffered minor injuries Wednesday when a gun mounted on a police motorcycle discharged during a safety demonstration at an anti-drug event.<br /><br />The students were not hit by gunfire in the "accidental misfire" at Newman Elementary School about 11:15 a.m. PT, said Chino Police Department spokeswoman Tamrin Olden. Two were treated at a hospital for cuts and one was treated for cuts and scrapes at the school, said a fire district spokeswoman.<br /><br />"The weapon was mounted to a police motorcycle on display during Red Ribbon Week activities," a nationwide drug-prevention campaign for students, Olden said in a statement that did not explain how the gun discharged or why a loaded weapon was brought into the school. Police and school officials are investigating.<br /><br />"We're still sorting out the extent of the injuries and how it happened," Olden told the Los Angeles Times.<br /><br />"It's kind of strange that a gun would have been accessible, or not cleared, prior to doing the demonstration," parent Tim Everman told KTLA-TV when he came to get his son.</blockquote><br /><br />Some LEO is one lucky sonofabitch that none of those kids were actually hurt by the discharge and I can't remember seeing a more vague description of events in a news article.<br /><br />H/T to <a href="http://www.fark.com/">Fark</a> for the link.

FAIL In Capital Letters

Bad cop, no doughnut. Notice the ass covering going on in this article? 3 Calif. kids h...

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Individuals Would Find Multiple Reasons To Learn How To Get Rid Of Cellulite On Butt Areas

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Deon Skeeters</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The most important thing is to work with the skin and to maintain the high quality of subcutaneous tissue that does not accumulate in the fat cells of excess fat and toxins. Because the dermis does not move from in any activity, you need help it move around. This can be done by means of massage or exercise. Many people these days wonder how to get rid of cellulite on butt.<br /> <br /> Well now there the new method of acoustic shockwaves. This kind of treatment is also made use of in presently in modern day medicine for the successful treatment of articulated and muscle diseases and also well as spurs. The idea here is to change the frequency and make it stronger. This works well on those areas where you have too much fat.<br /> <br /> For this treatment to boast the most wanted effect, one should undertake 6 to 12 sessions. In-between each session there should not be delays of more than one week. Final results will come within 2 to 3 months after the first session. You should drink a lot of fluids during this period.<br /> <br /> Freezing of fat cells is another method to go about getting rid of these ugly lumps. Once the fat is frozen, the body automatically flushed it out and you can lose a lot of not only the bulges, but also a quarter of the treatable fat. One could say that this will replace the conventional method of liposuction.<br /> <br /> The whole treatment occurs while lying down and lasts for about 1 hour. From the initial beginning of the freeze one may feel some discomfort. The important thing, is to select your private clinic or studio which has the unique patented piece of equipment. The results are visible right away after the initial treatment.<br /> <br /> Endermology is a special science branch that does specialize in cells and their stimulation. In this form it is called Lipomassage and helps exactly where exercise or diet is not enough, therefore, removes hardened fat from all the problematic areas. This is one of the ways to rid your body of fat inconsistencies. Lipomassage is a special device called a LPG Cellu M6. This massage activates fat cells and subcutaneous tissue deep in the skin and at the same time starts the breakdown of fat.<br /> <br /> Treatment should be carried out two to three times a week. To achieve a visible effect, it takes five to ten sessions, depending of course on the amount of your fat. After this the ideal thing would be one month maintenance treatment. Even with this procedure, the fat is washed away from the body through the lymphatic system, it is very important to drink enough.<br /> <br /> Lymphatic drainage is in fact the retraction of the fat out of the body, however this is a non-invasive technique. A vacuum cabin, in which such a procedure is done, activates ones metabolism of accumulated fat as well as the lymphatic system. Dermis still has a strong blood flow, which means that the skin is greatly supplied with enough oxygen, minerals and vitamins, as well as enzymes which have a constructive effect against orange peel skin. These may help you to know how to get rid of cellulite on butt.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>If you are questioning how to get rid of cellulite on butt and legs, <a href="http://howtogetridofcelluliteonbutt.org/">http://howtogetridofcelluliteonbutt.org/</a> today. You can check out the information source at http://howtogetridofcelluliteonbutt.org/ now.</div><br /> </div><br />

Individuals Would Find Multiple Reasons To Learn How To Get Rid Of Cellulite On Butt Areas

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David Tennant & Broadchurch Nominated At Tonight's Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-3REDtFKNLl-HpFA0Ne4E35-6O6PvullK45lPdM_WAZ29FvmkAgTZ7dV_KmwN_iJZjsUl6A5kHUkKyrzcadlUYf0gJPV4oi574yd4cOOg6gOqMt-b7ePh8Q3Y-6vLjPS7JjUam6CJRU/s1600/bbca1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-3REDtFKNLl-HpFA0Ne4E35-6O6PvullK45lPdM_WAZ29FvmkAgTZ7dV_KmwN_iJZjsUl6A5kHUkKyrzcadlUYf0gJPV4oi574yd4cOOg6gOqMt-b7ePh8Q3Y-6vLjPS7JjUam6CJRU/s640/bbca1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1923"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2013 will take place tonight at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel and David Tennant and his co stars from Broadchurch are up for awards.</span></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have been nominated in the following categories:</span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><b>The TV Dagger</b></span></span><br /><ul style="line-height: 19px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em;"><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luther</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Top of the Lake</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fall</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bletchley Circle</span></li></ul><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Best Actor Dagger</span></b></div><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em;"><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Damien Lewis for <i>Homeland</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant for <i>Broadchurch</i></span></b></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Idris Elba for <i>Luther</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jason Isaacs for <i>Case Histories</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Paddy Considine for <i>The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane</i></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1925" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Best Actress Dagger</span></b></div><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em;"><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sofie Grabol for <i>The Killing 3</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olivia Colman for <i>Broadchurch</i></span></b></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claire Danes for <i>Homeland</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gillian Anderson for <i>The Fall</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lesley Sharp for <i>Scott & Bailey</i></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1879" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Best Supporting Actress Dagger</span></b></div><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em;"><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pauline Quirke for <i>Broadchurch</i></span></b></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amelia Bullmore for <i>Scott & Bailey</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Holly Hunter for <i>Top of the Lake</i><i></i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jodie Whittaker for <i>Broadchurch</i></span></b></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ruth Wilson for <i>Luther</i></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Best Supporting Actor Dagger</span></b></div><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em;"><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Paul McGann for <i>A Mother's Son</i> </span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mandy Patinkin for <i>Homeland</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew Buchan for <i>Broadchurch</i></span></b></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Warren Brown for <i>Luther</i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Roger Allam for <i>Endeavour</i></span></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The awards will be televised on ITV3 on the 29^th October at 9pm. </span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch, led by David Tennant and Olivia Colman explores what happens to a small community when it suddenly becomes the focus of a major event and is subjected to the full glare of the media spotlight.<br />Bloodied and dirty, Danny Latimer has been found dead on an idyllic beach, surrounded by rocks and a jutting cliff-face from where he may havefallen. Whilst his death remains unresolved, the picturesque coastal town of Broadchurch is at the heart of a major police investigation and a national media frenzy.The sadness of losing a child consumes Danny’s family, Beth and Mark Latimer (Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan), their daughter 15 year old Chloe and Beth’s mum, Liz as they attempt to cope with their grief. Understandably they struggle to cope with the unwarranted attention heaped upon them. Devastated by their loss, they struggle to relate to their friends, neighbours, the church, the press, and the police.<br /><br />David Tennant takes the role of DI Alec Hardy; an out-of-town, newly promoted police detective who takes the job local girl DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) believes should have been hers.  Ellie has to find reserves of patience and toughness to negotiate a professional relationship with the difficult and unyielding Hardy. Yet as the drama progresses, Hardy’s own secrets are laid bare.  Ellie is also emotionally involved with this case. Ellie’s son Tom was the dead boy’s best friend and she’s known Danny all his young life. How could she not be drawn in? But Hardy’s clinical methods force Ellie to see the community she grew up in through a different prism. One by one the community of Broadchurch are drawn into the police enquiry. Local hoteliers and business people are implicated as the effects of a death in the community begins to impact on their hard-earned livelihoods. But can the town survive such a seismic shock during its economically crucial summer months? As the case drags on, the whole town will come under pressure: personal, economic, professional and emotional.</span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id189.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find out more about Broadchurch on our website here.</span></a></b></div></div><div class="yiv5041878172MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1377770216140_1924" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

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The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2013 will take place tonight at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel and David Tennant and his co stars from ...

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Microsoft invites you to join their Microsoft PIL Trainer professional development programme

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFpY_Qd0olsb2rpr8W4Q9PdjUa_8GXQWsFeqsuO_0GpbRZBSsubut51mpj8HekkxnglaM_rNSfkOPyNIFPoW-DU56qU2NtGeinSZY5d-yzjKkTgFVPI0ntZ7EmDv_exD1sEyhqZB6MXc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Microsoft in Education Professional Development Team.have been hard at work and finally Microsoft in Education’s Professional Development programme is in full swing. The encourage you to register at <a href="http://www.piltrainer.com/">www.piltrainer.com</a> and join the community.  The monthly newsletter from PIL Trainer highlights many issues and opportunities: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Developing students to be effective 21st century learners</span></strong><br />If we are to safeguard our futures then we have an obligation to ensure that we are preparing our students appropriately to thrive in the global community. Students must learn the skills, knowledge, expertise and attributes which they will need to be effective in the 21st century. As trainers how do you support teachers to transform their practice within the current educational climate?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">How can Microsoft Technology help you as trainers to support teachers to create 21st century learners?</span></strong>Join our vibrant community discussion on the Partners in Learning Network <a href="http://goo.gl/CfF0fR">here</a> (you’ll need to sign in first!)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Learn about the 5 Best Strategies Every 21st Century Learner Needs to Succeed</span></strong><br />Join this month’s Virtual University on October 23rd. After the Virtual University join our ‘live’ discussion on the Partners in Learning Network. <a href="http://swrt.worktankseattle.com/series/34/seriessignup.aspx">Register now</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Free tools for Trainers</span></strong><br />Check out this month’s featured resource on www.piltrainer.com. Learning Suite is a collection of free programs and applications that can be used for project work. The programs and applications are mapped according to 21st Century skills and match the stages of project work. It is a fantastic ‘Digital Toolkit’.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">How to win a trip to the 2014 Global Forum?</span></strong><br />Remember to utilize the “invite others” feature found in your Partners in Learning profile. Peer coaches who register over 25 educators and trainers who register over 100 before December 31, 2013 will be entered into a draw for one of two trips!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Share your ideas and experiences</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create your own ‘1 minute wonder’ about what is the single most important 21st century competency or skill that a trainer must have? View their 1 minute wonder below (A '1 Minute Wonder' is a snapshot of an idea or a way of sharing your opinion or good practice as part of Microsoft's Train the Trainer Program. Each month we will have a different theme and you can submit your own '1 minute wonders' to our playlist.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tH1rP6M3VjE?list=PLIt7E5Sp9YKbA9rEL0Bpu9OXR3SEP7zq_" width="420"></iframe></span><br /><br /></div>

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BELGIUM: Watch The Final Parts Of Broadchurch Tonight

<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVIJzmkb9L0-kqx3JANwhYK_MCaU5U8SK5sWeTfZmVoLUQ3gxkFjJfGXnXqTm7mGQrXkNL9VQe-cs7Kuzwqn-YQ4lfprt1cNYpvVBkOZ7j05ocaH4MdxQM9VW0mgsNoJ3G7r4k0VdsyQv/s1600/E702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVIJzmkb9L0-kqx3JANwhYK_MCaU5U8SK5sWeTfZmVoLUQ3gxkFjJfGXnXqTm7mGQrXkNL9VQe-cs7Kuzwqn-YQ4lfprt1cNYpvVBkOZ7j05ocaH4MdxQM9VW0mgsNoJ3G7r4k0VdsyQv/s1600/E702.jpg" /></a></div><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Viewers in Belgium can watch the final two episodes of <i>Broadchurch</i> tonight. The series stars David Tennant,Olivia Colman and Arthur Darvill and follows the investigation into the murder of a child in a small town. The two episodes will air on Dutch language channel Vitaya from 20.10 tonight</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 7 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vitaya - 20.10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Na de recente gebeurtenissen bijt Ellie zich meer dan ooit vast in het vinden van Danny's moordenaar. Wat heeft er zich precies afgespeeld bij de hut op de klif? Hadden ze de dader bijna te pakken? Of is er meer aan de hand? Vast staat dat er steeds meer vragen de kop op steken en steeds meer geheimen verborgen worden gehouden. Beth en Mark nemen ondertussen een belangrijke stap om de draad van hun leven terug op te pikken.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vitaya - 21.05</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">De laatste puzzelstukjes in het onderzoek naar de moord op Danny Latimer vallen geleidelijk in elkaar. Na weken van stilzwijgen, speculaties en verhoren vindt Hardy die ene aanwijzing die hem naar de moordenaar leidt. Eén ding staat vast: de waarheid ontketent een ware schokgolf in het kustdorpje...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 7 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vitaya - 20.10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After recent events Ellie is more determined than ever to find Danny's killer. What exactly happened at the hut on the cliff? Did they almost catch the suspect? Or is there more to it? It’s certain that there are more questions arising and that there are more hidden secrets to be uncovered. Beth and Mark meanwhile take an important step towards getting their lives back on track </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vitaya - 21.05</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last pieces of the puzzle in the investigation into the murder of Danny Latimer fall gradually into place. After weeks of silence, speculation and questioning, Hardy finds the one clue that leads him to the murderer. One thing is certain: the truth unleashes a veritable shockwave in the coastal town…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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Download How To Steal A Dragon's Sword Today

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPw8fhMWUzKU4EMyqhohZMXUpomfDRkRyCIuimnYIjKDncr0BzwfAWYtmJYwBEyhufHpp1YYMZ8xgbkcwjumaxZLrQmTclVMpF-Z1SGwWXEs89UAdQQ-iZAQzpL0w02tBbCKmpNmWWNs/s640/stealdragonsword.jpg" /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">An abridged version of the new David Tennant audiobook <i>How To Steal A Dragon's Sword </i>is released on download today.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">The story is the latest installment in the adventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the hope and heir to the Hairy Hooligan tribe in the series of Viking adventures created by Cressida Cowell.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">How To Steal A Dragon's Sword</b></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bad times have come to the Archipelago. Ever since the woods of Berserk burned down, it is almost as if the world is cursed. Dragons are starting to revolt against their Masters. The waters have risen, flooding fields and washing whole villages away. But worse still, the wicked witch Excellinor has returned. Can Hiccup find the King's Things and win the sword-fighting contest to stop<st1:city w:st="on">Alvin</st1:city> the Treacherous from becoming King of the Wilderwest?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Steal-Dragons-Sword/dp/B00FTV4Z38/ref=sr_1_16?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381823543&sr=1-16&keywords=david+tennant" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Order your download here</span></b></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The full unabridged reading will be released on CD on 22nd April 2014: <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/dtennant-21/detail/1478954019" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;"><span style="color: blue;">pre-order here</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/dtennant-21?_encoding=UTF8&node=44" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visit our website for the full series of books as read by David</span></span></a></div>

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An abridged version of the new David Tennant audiobook  How To Steal A Dragon's Sword  is released on download today. The story is the l...

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