Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/03/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/a-new-learning-legacy-important-stories-from-the-flat-classroom">A New Learning Legacy - Important Stories from the Flat Classroom - The Global Education Conference Network</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The Global Education Conference will be from November 11-16 - online - and runs 24 hours a day. Julie Lindsay and I will just do one session this year so that you can hear the many stories. This will be held on Monday November 12 at 10 pm EST -- (Julie will be in Qatar and it will be 6am Tuesday) You can check your time zone here - http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-sessions-and-schedule We want to share the most important stories from the Flat Classroom. This semester we have around 3,000 students from kindergarten through high school collaborating and merging classrooms - we've openly shared the pedagogies and best practices to make this sort of thing happen in our book Flalttening Classrooms, Engaging Minds but there is a need to tell up-to-the minute new stories that comes from a massively large project. So many projects are starting to emerge that are amazing. Whatever you're doing in your classroom, are you flattenning it? Is global competency part of what you're doing. Students are the greatest textbook every written for one another - but are you opening the book? Join us. "This session is brought to GEC by the original teachers, Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, who flattened their classroom walls way back in 2006 using Web 2.0 and other emerging technologies. In January 2012 their book, 'Flattening Classrooms. Engaging Minds' has emerged as not just a pedagogical way forward for teaching and learning, but as a journey and a collection of stories from educators in many parts of the world who have witnessed and directed the powerful outcomes of collaborating beyond the classroom walls. The learning legacies from connecting with real world topics and real people have propelled teachers involved with Flat Classroom projects to innovative heights. You are invited to join co-founders, Julie and Vicki, along with other global collaborative teachers who are out there redesigning curriculum to go 'beyond the wow' to hear stories about strategies, challenges, opportunities, and successes that emerge through global interactions. Hear about enlightened digital citizenship ideas and realities as well as how teachers in K-12 implement and sustain a flattened classroom within their school."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/globaled">globaled</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/03/2012

A New Learning Legacy - Important Stories from the Flat Classroom - The Global Education Conference Network ...

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Matt Said, Jay Said: 904.33

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Matt mutters, Jay mumbles, You struggle to hear what was said ....</div><br />Matt: You’re phone bill is going to be enormous! <br />Jay: Parts of me already are. <br />Matt: Ewwwwwwww! <br />Jay: Don’t pretend that you’re not excited. <br />Matt: That’s what bothers me. <br />Jay: Stop fighting it and just accept it. <br />Matt: I will eventually, but I have to do these things at my own pace. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHJ_GeT9cwUMzDlWNJ1qdOv8BI3Pv7ywXMKwWnXXlYXJSwiBVW_vKYeVZ0M6O0GVuo_rOw62e9nHRmKfFLLrObr2tChcwD8TrLd9_39LGZJpYlTbDcpMNyLSpUe1N_vMkkiPwUmJ8fT8/s1600/Edita-in-a-vintage-couture-dress-Louboutin-shoes-and-a-Chanel-clutch-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHJ_GeT9cwUMzDlWNJ1qdOv8BI3Pv7ywXMKwWnXXlYXJSwiBVW_vKYeVZ0M6O0GVuo_rOw62e9nHRmKfFLLrObr2tChcwD8TrLd9_39LGZJpYlTbDcpMNyLSpUe1N_vMkkiPwUmJ8fT8/s400/Edita-in-a-vintage-couture-dress-Louboutin-shoes-and-a-Chanel-clutch-5.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>Matt: Where have you been tonight? <br />Jay: On Twitter. <br />Matt: Doing what? <br />Jay: Conversing with someone.<br />Matt: Oh really? Do I know him/her?<br />Jay: Oh yeah! <a href="http://www.pret-a-reporter.co.uk/blog" target="_blank">Ms. Edita</a>! <br />Matt: That’s hot! <br />Jay: Damn right. She listened to our Wed show and Tweeted it! <br />Matt: I think I’m in love. <br />Jay: Totally. I’m trying to get her to call in sometime. <br />Matt: Did she say she would? <br />Jay: She said she might “surprise” us. <br />Matt: I love surprises. <br />Jay: Maybe we’ll do a fashion show and feature her.<br />Matt: That’s a brilliant idea. <br /><br />Jay: Who’s gonna win on Tuesday?<br />Matt: Well, I saw 973 pundits on TV today and they couldn’t agree. <br />Jay: Morons <br />Matt: I can’t believe how low the bar is to get a gig as a “pundit.” <br />Jay: We should make fun of them on the show. <br />Matt: We can do it! <br />Jay: And make our own predictions. <br />Matt: About the election and what will happen afterwards. <br />Jay: And things we would do if we were president. <br />Matt: And we just have to make fun of Dick Morris. <br />Jay: What a tool! <br />Matt: He’s a fucking moron. <br />Jay: Maybe we’ll come up with other great predictions he has made over the years. <br />Matt: Perfect. <br />Jay: And people can call with their predictions. <br />Matt: Phone lines are always open! <br />Jay: Just like our hearts! <br />Matt: And minds! <br />Jay: And legs! <br />Matt: Exac … what? <br />Jay: Sorry, I got carried away. <br />Matt: You need to learn some self-control. <br />Jay: I’ll work on it. <br />Matt: That’s all I can ask. <br /><br />Okay kids, there’s another behind the scenes look at the making of the NUMBER ONE comedy show on Blog Talk Radio! Be sure to join us for “Pundits and Pinheads” on Sunday at 12 Noon ET (and don’t forget to fall back an hour). It’s gonna be another classic! <br /><br />And, while you’re waiting for that show, check out Wednesday’s fun and games when we talked about Halloween, Hurricane Sandy and took a call from our favorite Canadian babe Jamie! It was a good time. <br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="105" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D3957691&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D3957691&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;">Listen to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/">internet radio</a> with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid">Im With Stupid</a> on Blog Talk Radio</div><br /></div>

Matt Said, Jay Said: 904.33

Matt mutters, Jay mumbles, You struggle to hear what was said .... Matt: You’re phone bill is going to be enormous! Jay: Parts of me already...

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Today's archidose #591, Take 2

After a slight hiccup with some photos back in June, here again are shots of "Book Mountain" (<a href="http://www.tijdelijkebibliotheek.nl/">Boekenberg Bibliotheek Spijkenisse</a>) in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands by <a href="http://www.mvrdv.nl/">MVRDV</a> (2012). Photographs are by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/">Jonas Klock</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058071592/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="425" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/8058071592_1747ea0a36_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058078228/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="425" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8178/8058078228_6a5345f22c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058079624/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="425" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8058079624_fc5c96be91_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058082381/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8058082381_bb62d10577_c.jpg" width="531" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058083594/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8058083594_a0e8b6a970_c.jpg" width="531" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058086089/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/8058086089_883d94cb2a_c.jpg" width="531" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #591, Take 2

After a slight hiccup with some photos back in June, here again are shots of "Book Mountain" ( Boekenberg Bibliotheek Spijkenisse ...

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Cider Lane

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p4IuwTWnAvU/UJQq8YT_dlI/AAAAAAAACi0/vfdClkW_hME/s1600/cider%2Blane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p4IuwTWnAvU/UJQq8YT_dlI/AAAAAAAACi0/vfdClkW_hME/s320/cider%2Blane.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> I was chosen for the Beauty Blogger Vox Box from Influenster. Inside it was a candle from Bath and Body works called Cider Lane. I am totally in love with it! It is the perfect scent for Fall. Smells just like Apple Cider, and I love it because I would always drink it growing up and it reminds me of my child hood when we went apple picking as a family.

Cider Lane

I was chosen for the Beauty Blogger Vox Box from Influenster. Inside it was a candle from Bath and Body works called Cider Lane. I am total...

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Rathmines/Ranelagh

<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of people have asked about the area I live in and what it is like.  I live in the village of Ranelagh which is in between Donnybrook and Rathmines.  I went for a walk with the dog this morning and took some pictures of some of the stores and restaurants in Rathmines and the surrounding area.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Hope you enjoy looking at the pics!</span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">"The Farm" Organic Restaurant in Donnybrook.  Ciaran ate breakfast here the weekend that I went to Belfast, he said the food was excellent.  They give you lovely purple blankets to wrap yourself in if you are cold when eating outside.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3eo0JtIHhfSH7inL3UFhXYYUQSb6Uhtsc8y0yez9qBYiHDGaZL65OABN2vv-ezprWJpv4eO4aM0eDjQTNkVt6CSO2kLOKdlKTaOsOZTw1JAyGw9PbjshrtvURyclcP9WWUPIdqoQVpQL/s1600/IMG_2329%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3eo0JtIHhfSH7inL3UFhXYYUQSb6Uhtsc8y0yez9qBYiHDGaZL65OABN2vv-ezprWJpv4eO4aM0eDjQTNkVt6CSO2kLOKdlKTaOsOZTw1JAyGw9PbjshrtvURyclcP9WWUPIdqoQVpQL/s320/IMG_2329%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">                      Flower Shop on Mespill Road, Dublin 4</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq91MHfaxdAbeOh2bEoiZ_m890dbZRanPuf6aoibP8vFpyatHoQRyGIrVZ7duyCAcWAnzobdb2VGFNjX5s2x7enXAsR1p9Kr2GpWwKCSDjhl66lWM-4iJwFJ-PU8KFfDNsTZx1VE-8ZtN/s1600/IMG_2327%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq91MHfaxdAbeOh2bEoiZ_m890dbZRanPuf6aoibP8vFpyatHoQRyGIrVZ7duyCAcWAnzobdb2VGFNjX5s2x7enXAsR1p9Kr2GpWwKCSDjhl66lWM-4iJwFJ-PU8KFfDNsTZx1VE-8ZtN/s320/IMG_2327%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>                            <br /><span style="font-size: large;">               The old Rathmines Town Hall - now houses a college</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc24XpocEOW5ZavGZPkXtOvaQcYZH5xuswfli1aOAGW7getMha-DddYhIjLpSVYrtlzZf9IVoeJXRAUnYBwZXpfk9_aJsmHenGBU02TsoMQSR86FyQZiLGdadlU7gn4SZr8Ati5RgpZl9/s1600/IMG_2326%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc24XpocEOW5ZavGZPkXtOvaQcYZH5xuswfli1aOAGW7getMha-DddYhIjLpSVYrtlzZf9IVoeJXRAUnYBwZXpfk9_aJsmHenGBU02TsoMQSR86FyQZiLGdadlU7gn4SZr8Ati5RgpZl9/s320/IMG_2326%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Post Office in Rathmines, 1934</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tj14iWIXSduwlcdCsuVeNtZlLCpOlHzbkyrZzdTnFk1qOx3TMLUWi91b2QyQQg_peWiLhZvd47cJ8PCduBw1m9WVg6HsIhzeNJ6uXjANXhgW54XUuduZOq6E-DMJeyroyp8DxZvGRhN3/s1600/IMG_2323%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tj14iWIXSduwlcdCsuVeNtZlLCpOlHzbkyrZzdTnFk1qOx3TMLUWi91b2QyQQg_peWiLhZvd47cJ8PCduBw1m9WVg6HsIhzeNJ6uXjANXhgW54XUuduZOq6E-DMJeyroyp8DxZvGRhN3/s320/IMG_2323%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roddy Boland Pub</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRJIvUQG_qlU16H22zuQwMOnJMkfT9a0nybFvhKgkX5qHmJ2BczLJJ7FjkSDrHagYT0o3_QE8g0yKSa_oQsfLsvgNnpOvEdjRsv55rsaCSGx0NstAbUG-3YgsmmIXoWzUYrJ0Xvq2wi8f/s1600/IMG_2322%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRJIvUQG_qlU16H22zuQwMOnJMkfT9a0nybFvhKgkX5qHmJ2BczLJJ7FjkSDrHagYT0o3_QE8g0yKSa_oQsfLsvgNnpOvEdjRsv55rsaCSGx0NstAbUG-3YgsmmIXoWzUYrJ0Xvq2wi8f/s320/IMG_2322%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Zen Chinese Restaurant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsEy7H4WoYwElYFD_gi2Z42YVfWmSLMzU41gvNmhyzzoNrcBYncUsAtik1_8L_pypqeVlx2Ws0wh9TOdTviXVda2ZDtaWsubSnb4fDSWIxwyhMA_W5w79WqyvEy8FIq5FIw1P-FEDx8fO/s1600/IMG_2319%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsEy7H4WoYwElYFD_gi2Z42YVfWmSLMzU41gvNmhyzzoNrcBYncUsAtik1_8L_pypqeVlx2Ws0wh9TOdTviXVda2ZDtaWsubSnb4fDSWIxwyhMA_W5w79WqyvEy8FIq5FIw1P-FEDx8fO/s320/IMG_2319%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>                         <span style="font-size: large;">Connollys Fish - they sell scallops! Yum!  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I also like their sign on the street "Do you get it twice a week?" </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqx-TfnmdSnnoSCD_MrbA64OS7p9ptNBsxaXEhJfXvUCpgIYybxa6zkF72Dvlp_8WjrqbiWSlXItahjXruUjaBS0cL884a-5ejYlEw08rS-logy15R56nOZOIj07Rnwx3uiqHIkb-UIEy/s1600/IMG_2318%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqx-TfnmdSnnoSCD_MrbA64OS7p9ptNBsxaXEhJfXvUCpgIYybxa6zkF72Dvlp_8WjrqbiWSlXItahjXruUjaBS0cL884a-5ejYlEw08rS-logy15R56nOZOIj07Rnwx3uiqHIkb-UIEy/s320/IMG_2318%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokK3w0HJZk4r2CvF8YKOOpz8EexMGq7X4aRrdPqUNoKdl3lrygxX6oJlxey4ybQWoWusiJXOMi65Px-6brGTeQSGXBO8fTgrLYHWKM1TB4fS3bSgPUNVFIZ-NLY668Xy29nmqCgM7KxkA/s1600/IMG_2313%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokK3w0HJZk4r2CvF8YKOOpz8EexMGq7X4aRrdPqUNoKdl3lrygxX6oJlxey4ybQWoWusiJXOMi65Px-6brGTeQSGXBO8fTgrLYHWKM1TB4fS3bSgPUNVFIZ-NLY668Xy29nmqCgM7KxkA/s320/IMG_2313%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvMVeUM1Hm62DewZQgbHwdoRiUJ6ldxPngckGfrNuMEySLIDzHCLVTr4QHrnjF_2ojENlOLBIHv29K9f7yDVYI8JhjWgTfi9E9vEEmAiVQ5Eoz4vkcIXKxn6RScuJrarNv4VmbEPT6hC/s1600/IMG_2315%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvMVeUM1Hm62DewZQgbHwdoRiUJ6ldxPngckGfrNuMEySLIDzHCLVTr4QHrnjF_2ojENlOLBIHv29K9f7yDVYI8JhjWgTfi9E9vEEmAiVQ5Eoz4vkcIXKxn6RScuJrarNv4VmbEPT6hC/s320/IMG_2315%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJ8jbN38UGbJNhvetlV-BzKLkJQPoKOqYMHV2pyEsC3mkkXVL216PC8Rz7gCJRZEWu_rCrtq1PiicPrlhgm7Du3JoJ7BW5SNxr_tCX2j3nFdtdswpU5qEf5hbElAM6BoB6yB0IvJb3Udl/s1600/IMG_2314%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJ8jbN38UGbJNhvetlV-BzKLkJQPoKOqYMHV2pyEsC3mkkXVL216PC8Rz7gCJRZEWu_rCrtq1PiicPrlhgm7Du3JoJ7BW5SNxr_tCX2j3nFdtdswpU5qEf5hbElAM6BoB6yB0IvJb3Udl/s320/IMG_2314%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society (est. 1913) - in an old National School that has a girl's entrance to the left and a boy's entrance to the right.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah3IiGyY9RdUin3Cg0SO-adMlhoYK8ReDrNGhQjdjzPvIb_dZ8j9_5jQC3GLK_-yVr6GjEP43gAuGRLR8zQn_ilMx-uM6J_ANLRV4SvAWBjK8amrH0dD2vx1DPIEzXJhc8hocQXrootoO/s1600/IMG_2320%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah3IiGyY9RdUin3Cg0SO-adMlhoYK8ReDrNGhQjdjzPvIb_dZ8j9_5jQC3GLK_-yVr6GjEP43gAuGRLR8zQn_ilMx-uM6J_ANLRV4SvAWBjK8amrH0dD2vx1DPIEzXJhc8hocQXrootoO/s320/IMG_2320%255B1%255D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Swan Shopping Centre (or Mall if you are from USA!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is possibly the tiniest shopping centre I have ever been in.  It has a small 3 screen cinema, a Dunnes Stores, a Kylemore Cafe, House of Tea and a few little gift shops - and that is it!!!  Well maybe it has a hairdressers and a few boutiques also. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfYwvavtF76yiHHXyO8uKWixrN9UJPJ-i-50ASr4lHEZZTfG76Y5pDR5g-sqOQtN14aOfI0bvudUZQJGCWec-9rEfSENvGSS3CJUSk0stPiBQa-QxMOluesHNLwTQcZkoO3ZTUJIBR07h/s1600/IMG_2325%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfYwvavtF76yiHHXyO8uKWixrN9UJPJ-i-50ASr4lHEZZTfG76Y5pDR5g-sqOQtN14aOfI0bvudUZQJGCWec-9rEfSENvGSS3CJUSk0stPiBQa-QxMOluesHNLwTQcZkoO3ZTUJIBR07h/s320/IMG_2325%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I also found a "Fothergills" Deli up at the top of Rathmines (but I forgot to take a photo).  There was one of these close to our last house and I loved to buy their home made desserts and fresh pate and hummus.  I need to pay a visit there and see what lovely stock they have over this side of the city.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>

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A lot of people have asked about the area I live in and what it is like.  I live in the village of Ranelagh which is in between Donnybrook a...

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WeMo: a Wonderful Way to add Visual Cues to Organize Your Life #Wemotivate

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PGpFyV4PwqRVJK-uCBVJvm_xA8jcK4jhWv2ejq5Tl-m4Wx4ifIHh86h9OQR93qMLaCm8egClQI3HAY061gt1M0E4OpGjuTscUCIAb2nJ18n-QNoQTqdW7kM3XVn0-YXRvk5fPL8LxzCi/s1600/belkin-wemo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PGpFyV4PwqRVJK-uCBVJvm_xA8jcK4jhWv2ejq5Tl-m4Wx4ifIHh86h9OQR93qMLaCm8egClQI3HAY061gt1M0E4OpGjuTscUCIAb2nJ18n-QNoQTqdW7kM3XVn0-YXRvk5fPL8LxzCi/s320/belkin-wemo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wemo is a smart phone enabled motion sensor <br />and/or switch to help you manage your life that can be<br />controlled by iphone or some very cool ways using <br /><a href="http://www.ifttt.com/" target="_blank">if this then that</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visual organizing and visual cues are becoming a powerful part of my own self-organization. When I was perusing </span><a href="http://www.ifttt.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If This Then That</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (ifttt.com) and saw something called the WeMo, I wanted one and tweeted about the coolness of this app.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b><br /><h1 dir="ltr"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is a WeMo?</span></b></h1><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are two “flavors” of WeMo which can work together or separately. One looks like an outlet and can provide power or turn off power to whatever is hooked into the device. Another looks like a white burrito with a purple center cut in half and senses motion. Both have added cool new enhancements to my life in different ways.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b><br /><h2 dir="ltr"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My WeMo story</span></b></h2><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I struggle with balance. Getting up at 5 am each day is important to me, but I often trip over things including the cats and whatever was left out the night before. I’ve set up my WeMo plug into the light in the den and have it do the following using if this then that:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday - Friday the light is turned on in the Den at 5am</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday - the den light is turned on at 7am</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Any day I go to school (as seen on my Google calendar by the event marked school), the WeMo is turned off when I leave for school. It uses an interface with my Google calendar so that otherwise, the light stays on until the sun comes up.</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every night, the WeMo turns on the light at sunset. This uses a channel on If-This-Then-That which keeps up with sunrise and sunset. I’m usually in the den and I can keep working without getting up.</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every night, the WeMo turns the den light off at 9pm so I’ll have a cue to STOP working. One of my biggest problems is that once I start I don’t stop. When the light goes off, I have set my limit and say - OK, now I’m going to decompress before crashing.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some people hook these devices into the family tv to turn off the TV at a certain time and establish other limits. It can also log when it is turned on and off so if you use the plug to turn things off and on, you can track this activity. You can have it log to a google spreadsheet when the WeMo switch comes off or on.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h3 dir="ltr"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Long distance light switch.</span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a funny story, when I first got it and used the remote control on my iphone to turn it off and on, I called it a “daughter control” - when I’d turn the light off and on, my daughter would groan from the den and say “Mom, stop.” Now, when I’m on the road and know everyone is in the den, I’ll actually flick the light and they know I’m thinking about them. I don’t do it a lot, but it is kind of fun to be in New Jersey, Dallas, and Chicago and control the light in my den. ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h2 dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WeMo Motion.</span></h2><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_detector" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Motion detector">motion detector</a> is in the kitchen. I have teenagers that I love dearly. My big problem is that I’m a heavy sleeper but I do want to know when my kids are up and about and not sleeping so I can help guide their schedules, etc. I have the WeMo Motion log the motion in the kitchen after there has been one hour of inactivity -- it writes it to a google spreadsheet so I can check up on things.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b><br /><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have it by the kitchen door, so it is a handy way of keeping up who is coming and going and when. I sleep better at night knowing it is there. ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><i>Note: In this post, I share how I use Wemo, but please, scroll to the bottom and apply to GET YOUR OWN from two students of mine who are working with Belkin to put Wemo's in the hands of at least 10 USA students to test them. This is part of their 20% project for me and I'd appreciate any retweets and spreading the word to help West and Matthew talk about the Wemo! Their google form is embedded below.</i></b><br /><h2 dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Think about visual cues to help you manage your life</span></b></h2><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m a visual person. I know I need to stop working at 9pm but time means nothing to me. I have no internal clock that tells me what time it is and have been known to work until I collapse with exhaustion. Visual cues are perfect for me. I wish I had a dozen WeMos and am asking for another one for Christmas! I also like the fact that I’m usually on my ipad and can just hit a button to turn off the light when I’m done if I want to finish before 9pm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are so many ways we’re going to be able to automate our homes and schools and this is just one of them. The fact that you can control via social media and all kinds of triggers is very cool.</span><br /><h1 dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WeMo Wonder Contest: Can your students invent cool uses for the WeMo?</span></h1><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belkin had reached out to me through my initial tweet and I have 2 students who wanted to do something innovative and cool. So we discussed and pitched the idea to Belkin who was eager to do something innovative and different to get the ideas going for their WeMo line of products.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because these switches can interact with social media - tweets can turn on lights. Football scores can automatically trigger alarms -- so many things can be done with these devices.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, I’ll let the students share information on the contest in their own words below, but you have until November 1st to apply to be a WeMo Wonder and get your free wemo. </span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students must have a mentoring teacher although the devices can be tested at home or school. We want you to share what you’re doing on Social media. </span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belkin decided to have a contest to name the best of the WeMo Wonder competition (see terms and conditions) and will be tweeting out to the hashtag #WeMotivate This is going to be a lot of fun and I hope you’ll apply with a student or two..  </span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(See what my students are doing on </span><a href="http://wemowonders.tumblr.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tumblr blog</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><a href="http://wemowonders.tumblr.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://wemowonders.tumblr.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/ or their twitter </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/#/wemowonders"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@wemowonders</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Note that my students are not affiliated with Belkin in any way but I appreciate Belkin’s willingness to do something cool and different and let my students have a fantastic project to learn about social media and a very cool new gadget. Please retweet and reshare and ask your students to apply.)</span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="3303" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dFlmcEEtUmRBZWJOcXpjSGw3NUhnZXc6MQ" width="760">Loading...</iframe> <br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://vickidavis.me/post/32425143335/i-love-my-wemo-in-the-den-that-turns-on-my-light" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/115041698_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://vickidavis.me/post/32425143335/i-love-my-wemo-in-the-den-that-turns-on-my-light" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">I love my wemo in the den that turns on my light at 5am. 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WeMo: a Wonderful Way to add Visual Cues to Organize Your Life #Wemotivate

The Wemo is a smart phone enabled motion sensor and/or switch to help you manage your life that can be controlled by iphone or some very coo...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/02/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://dianeravitch.net/2012/11/01/the-future-of-teaching/">The Future of Teaching? « Diane Ravitch's blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Diane Ravitch has a very balanced interesting article on the state of education in the nation based upon some current research. Half of the nation's teachers have now been teaching less than 10 years. "But a matter that should concern us all: Current “reform” policies are driving experienced teachers out of the nation’s classrooms. This cannot be good for anyone. It is certainly not good for the young teachers, who need senior teachers to help them improve. How can a profession become “great” by demoralizing and ousting those who know the most? Who would go to a hospital in an emergency and insist on being treated by an intern, not a senior physician? Who would want their legal affairs to be handled by a lawyer who just graduated law school if they could get a senior partner instead? When will President Obama, Secretary Duncan, Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and all the other people driving current policy realize that they are inflicting harm on the nation’s education system?"</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edreform">edreform</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/11/tony-baldasaro-just-unfollowed-5000-people-on-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-319613">Tony Baldasaro just unfollowed 5,000 people on Twitter | Dangerously Irrelevant</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Lots of discussion about how people follow on Twitter.  My reply to Scott McLeod's post: "I follow real educators and tend to stay away from foundations and PR junk sites who aren’t real. I like real teachers no matter how many followers they have because I’d like to be able to message them and them message me back. I also like to follow people who are engaging in conversation and have interesting things to say. Sometimes if people don’t follow me back and I know I won’t need to message them or them me, I’ll unfollow and put them on a list instead. " My list is half happenstance and half just who says something online. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialmedia">socialmedia</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/02/2012

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Matt-Man's Vote: Gary Johnson

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheers Bitches…<br /><br />As Jayman eloquently stated in print, his preference and endorsement for President yesterday was <i>"none of the above"</i>, I, the Matt-Man am here today with my preference and endorsement as to whom I think should be President for the next four years.<br /><br />Yesterday, Jayman set forth his principles and reasoning which resulted in a well-thought out de facto, <span style="color: blue;"><i><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/jaymans-vote-none-of-above.html" target="_blank">“none of the above”vote</a></i>,</span> which I honor and understand, I however?<br /><br />While close to doing the same, I am actually going to vote <i>for</i> a candidate for President of the United States.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWulcPaJjIjAUDsuTYm0wz0p2YIAMD47mmfxyK0nkrbyjg1S6Q1zMau_ldlMTXMv_enylyt-NMtZeBWWGU6HwEVxq0a8AqDIQecFQ0tcP2pa83rE7ZQDtXenpFdYcrD0LBJsMV1tVMA7Q/s1600/Gary-Johnson-2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWulcPaJjIjAUDsuTYm0wz0p2YIAMD47mmfxyK0nkrbyjg1S6Q1zMau_ldlMTXMv_enylyt-NMtZeBWWGU6HwEVxq0a8AqDIQecFQ0tcP2pa83rE7ZQDtXenpFdYcrD0LBJsMV1tVMA7Q/s400/Gary-Johnson-2012.jpg" width="400" /></a>I am going to be voting for the Libertarian Presidential candidate, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson (R-NM).<br /><br /><i>“Wait a second Mr. Matt-Man, you say...He can’t win?”</i><br /><br />Of course he can’t.<br /><br />There’s no way in Hell he can win.<br /><br />Rosie O’Donnell has a better chance of winning a non-lesbian beauty contest than Gary Johnson has winning the Presidency, however…<br /><br />While some of you may consider the casting of my ballot a protest vote, I consider it more of a wake up vote.<br /><br />And, I consider it my flash card to you that there exist more than two schools of political thought, or non-thought as it were, within this great nation of ours.<br /><br />I hear Republicans saying, <i>“You must be drinking the Kool-Aid.”</i><br /><br />I hear Democrats saying, <i>“You are sheeple.”</i><br /><br />You know what?<br /><br />They are both right, and they are both wrong in defending their own parties instead of defending and promulgating what is best for and about this great nation.<br /><br />Political Parties suck.<br /><br />Hell, the Libertarian Party sucks, but at least they are making waves and want to shake up this staid, political landscape.<br /><br />YOU…The majority of the American electorate suck...and I am not afraid to say that.  You watch MSNBC or FOX News and listen to their bent, and then agree with an empty nod of the head, and/or a "leave me alone and let me agree" feeling .<br /><br />You see?<br /><br />Cable news outlets are not there for actual reporting of the news any longer; cable news is there for affirmation and validation of what you already believe.<br /><br />24/7 cable news stations are your vicodin.  They are your dilaudid…They are your 5 o’clock Gin and Tonic.<br /><br />And?  That’s what Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are.<br /><br />They are your 5 o’clock Gin and Tonic, or if you prefer, your beer and a shot, or a glass of Pinot Grigio, or gutter wine.<br /><br />They are whatever you want them to be, and they know it…and that is what they will always be.<br /><br />Gary Johnson?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMfUeG2UCTZMTDyiUF3bUI92ZY8r2_4j90fYl3SF9vpRTnQ1LTCNmd_xt7hIfXi6ncXNVg3nCw8k2lKX5CmZqyt-2CUcbSo_uA8YcC9zswH-mf6GRIbUA0tkBL_adoq6z095j8hvgoiQ/s1600/Hot+Libertarian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMfUeG2UCTZMTDyiUF3bUI92ZY8r2_4j90fYl3SF9vpRTnQ1LTCNmd_xt7hIfXi6ncXNVg3nCw8k2lKX5CmZqyt-2CUcbSo_uA8YcC9zswH-mf6GRIbUA0tkBL_adoq6z095j8hvgoiQ/s320/Hot+Libertarian.jpg" width="320" /></a>I agree with him and the Libertarian Party maybe fifty percent of the time, and for me, that’s enough, because my vote for him is not really about him nor the Libertarian Party.<br /><br />My vote for Gary Johnson is clarion call to all of you, to think for yourself.  There are more than two parties in this country.<br /><br />There are several parties, and best of all, there could be at some point, no parties, or in a perfect world...<br /><br />There could be over 300 Million different parties in this country, with a myriad of ideas as to what is best for this country, and that is <i>exactly</i> what our country needs.<br /><br />When monolithic group think is torn down, ideas spring eternal, and seriously...this land has had the tired old two party system long enough.  It's time for new ideas.<br /><br />Gary Johnson is making that known, and on Tuesday, I shall join him in imparting just that, by voting for him.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></i></a><br /><br /></div>

Matt-Man's Vote: Gary Johnson

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WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING: NEVADA'S OMNIBUS HUMAN TRAFFICKING BILL

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QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         After a church-sponsored presentation here on child sex trafficking last Spring, one person in the audience asked the panel, “What can we do about this?” The panelist answered, “Just be aware.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         That doesn’t help. Telling us the world is a mess and there’s nothing we can do about it doesn’t help. But there are things we can do about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         Nevadans for the Common Good has already been instrumental in combatting child sex trafficking as we have worked with schools, law enforcement, and social services. We are positioning ourselves to do a great deal more. Human trafficking is a large, complex problem, a tangled evil. There is not a single silver bullet solution. We cannot solve this problem through legislation alone. But we cannot effectively combat it without legislation. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">        We have advocated for legislative reforms in the past. We have won some and lost some. But now we have the Big Battle. Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto will present an Omnibus Human Trafficking Bill (currently, BDR 403) to the next legislative session.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         Here’s what that Bill will do:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Broaden the definition of the criminal conduct to include all aspects of pimp activity – recruiting, harboring, soliciting, etc. At present many aspects of the pimping process are not criminal. This bill will allow proof of any one aspect of the process to result in a conviction.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Remove the violence requirement for those who traffic children. While violence and coercion would still be an element in the charge of trafficking adults, children are more likely to be enticed and manipulated into prostitution. This statute would remove the violence requirement in cases against child sex traffickers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">For each of the crimes covered, the penalties would be increased by one felony level. In the case of a child sex trafficker, the penalty would go from 1-5 years with the possibility (in fact the likelihood) of probation to 3-20 years with no probation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">The law would apply criminal penalties to Johns (customers) so as to attack the problem from the demand side.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Provide specific authorization of wiretaps based on probable cause to suspect human trafficking is being conducted via telephone.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Apply racketeering, conspiracy, and gang enhancement penalties to human trafficking. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Add human traffickers to the sex offender registry. (In my opinion, this is one of the most important and potentially effective parts of this bill in actually preventing human trafficking of children.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Strengthen the existing (new) provisions allowing law enforcement to seize the trafficker’s assets that are the fruits of illegal activities. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">9.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Use the proceeds from seized assets to provide restitution to the victims of human trafficking.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">10.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Create a civil cause of action so that a victim of human trafficking can sue the trafficker for money damages.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">11.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Give the state the right to a preliminary hearing. This can preserve the testimony of trafficking victims who often disappear or become unavailable before trial resulting in dismissal of the charges. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">12.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Extend the statute of limitations on rape charges arising out of child sex trafficking.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">This is not about the legalized and regulated prostitution in some rural Nevada counties. There are arguments for and against that. But this legislation is about a very different situation. This is about the coercion of adults and the manipulation of children into the illegal sex trade.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         Our task now is to persuade legislators to pass this Bill. Do you think it is a slam-dunk? Think again. Bills increasing the penalties for child sex trafficking have repeatedly been defeated in our State Assembly. They don’t even make it out of committee. Human trafficking is a highly lucrative business. Passing this legislation will require a concerted effort by the faith community.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         So, let’s get organized! Nevadans for the Common Good will have a strategy session on how we can pass this bill:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    Thursday, Nov. 29<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    Zion United Methodist Church<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    2108 Revere St.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    North Las Vegas</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">                   </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">We need 5 or 6 people from each Episcopal Church (2 or 3 from the smaller ones), and each Church, Synagogue, Mosque, or non-profit organization that is working with Nevadans for the Common Good. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         This Bill will not solve the problem. But it is a huge first step. See you at Zion UMC on Nov. 29.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><!--EndFragment-->

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING: NEVADA'S OMNIBUS HUMAN TRAFFICKING BILL

         After a church-sponsored presentation here on child sex trafficking last Spring, one person in the audience asked the panel, ...

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Book Review: Two Photography Books

<b><i><a href="http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781616890414">Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography</a></i></b> by John Comazzi<br />Princeton Architectural Press, 2012<br />Hardcover, 192 pages<br /><br /><b><i><a href="http://www.artbook.com/9780983394211.html">Construction</a></i></b> by Brian Finke<br />Decode Books, 2012<br />Hardcover, 80 pages<br /><br /><img alt="book-2photos.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/book-2photos.jpg" title="Book covers" /><br /><br />At first glance the title to this biography of <a href="http://www.balthazarkorab.com/">Balthazar Korab</a> is a bit confusing, but learning that Korab considers himself "an architect who makes pictures rather than a photographer who is knowledgeable about architecture," it makes perfect sense. Comazzi traces Korab's life from Budapest to Paris (École des Beaux-Arts) to Michigan (Eero Saarinen's office and independent practice), where he still resides. Three visual sections follow the biography: Case studies of Saarinen projects that Korab documented (TWA Flight Center in New York and Miller House in Indiana); "Inflected Modernism" and "Beyond Modernism," which include more Saarinen projects but also buildings by other modern architects (Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Minoru Yamasaki, Louis Kahn, etc.) and later architects (Steven Holl, Frank Gehry, Williams Tsien, etc.); and "Additional Portfolios" of photos taken on trips (Florence, Rome) and places in and around his Michigan home (vernacular buildings, "car culture," etc.). An emphasis on Midwestern buildings and places prevails throughout the whole book, which arises both from circumstance and an appreciation of what he grew to understand. The portfolio that ends the book is the "Presidential Portfolio," a selection of photos he took when upon request of the U.S. State Department. The images capture some familiar landmarks, but as a whole they paint a complex portrait of the country and reflect a person able to find beauty in life's contradictions.<br /><br /><i>Balthazar Korab</i>:<br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161689041X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=161689041X&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/161689041X?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydose02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=15121&creativeASIN=161689041X" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/161689041X?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=161689041X" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b><br /><br /><a href="http://brianfinke.com/">Brian Finke</a>'s <i>Construction</i> is the photographer's third book, following <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576874273?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1576874273&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Flight Attendants</i></a> (2008) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1884167349?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1884167349&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>2-4-6-8: American Cheerleaders and Football Players</i></a> (2003). Like the first two books, the most recent one focuses on a group of people distinguished by a profession/activity. As the cover makes abundantly clear, the construction worker's place of work—the job site—is probably the profession's most defining characteristic. The photographs veer between two extremes: long shots of buildings and sites under construction, and close-ups of construction workers, with some gradients in between. Many of the former do not include humans within their frames, yet they clearly convey the effects of people—excavations, erections of structures (like the cover), or even something as mundane as stacks of construction materials. The latter, in a similar vein, are often removed from the job site, yet they are clearly portraits of construction workers—men sitting in their wood-grain-panel trailers, a man sitting in his van, or a man cracking open a can of beer in front of a backhoe. Only one woman is photographed in the book, but given Finke's documentarian eye, this is a fact of the construction industry rather than a commentary on things. What is perhaps most fascinating is the way Finke has documented job sites without making it clear where they are: One photograph near the middle of the book has the Empire State Building as a backdrop, but most backgrounds are occupied by skies and generic buildings that reveal how construction takes place anywhere and everywhere.<br /><br /><i>Brian Finke</i>:<br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983394210?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0983394210&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0983394210?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydose02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=15121&creativeASIN=0983394210" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0983394210?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=0983394210" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

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Accountant (Corporate General Ledger, SAP, SOX )(#108810)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <br /><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Accountant</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Milpitas, CA</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Full time</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Job Description</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">:</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Responsibilities:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />1) Perform GL monthly close duties including but not limited to recording standard/accrual journal entries, account reconciliation, run revaluation and perform allocations.<br />2) Take full ownership of worldwide consolidation over 30 legal entities including translation, various types of<br />eliminations, and loading manual entities.<br />3) Ability to detect certain consolidation errors and provide solution to fix the underlining issue.<br />4) Perform Data validation to ensure accuracy and quality of data between FI, PCA, & Consolidation.<br />5) Full ownership of GL master data creation and hierarchy maintenance.<br />6) Perform key Sox controls related to General ledger and consolidation.<br />7) Work closely with project implementation team to perform testing, training, and documentation of new<br />processes.<br />8) Identify process improvement opportunities and develop solutions to improve operational efficiency.<br />9) Prepare business functional specification for new SAP reports, Perform testing and validation on the report in<br />QA before moving to production.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />10) Prepare and maintain proper documentation and records of accounting / financial reporting process.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Preferred Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />1) SAP/Oracle experience in consolidation and General Ledger preferred.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />2) This position requires both accounting and technical knowledge.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />3) Advanced analytical and critical skill to troubleshoot and identify potential gaps in new or current process.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />4) Strong communication skills and ability to translate end user needs into IT solutions.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />5) Strong leadership to manage small improvement projects which involve cross functional teams.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />6) Advance Excel Skills and ability to work with large data sets is a must.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7) Flexible with ad hoc requests in global corporate environment.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />BA/BS in Finance/Accounting or equivalent.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Minimums of 5 yrs of experience in GL/consolidation, or equivalent.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span></a></span></div></div>

Accountant (Corporate General Ledger, SAP, SOX )(#108810)

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30 Days of Google #3: Create a Blogger blog

<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/AVvXsEithJMrGSW26zLMHCI5NGkepdilX7y6zTepyuWdNowi_p90VgVNuk6ygtmfOd_QTIyJ33LDoIUbQjXhhLKJ3gZ1CLOwj9n6_fspPjjRIcvhHPF-q3vhx6VYt9IcCTAVp-BSTniLg0ueS2o/s1600/blogger.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithJMrGSW26zLMHCI5NGkepdilX7y6zTepyuWdNowi_p90VgVNuk6ygtmfOd_QTIyJ33LDoIUbQjXhhLKJ3gZ1CLOwj9n6_fspPjjRIcvhHPF-q3vhx6VYt9IcCTAVp-BSTniLg0ueS2o/s320/blogger.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal </i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">One of the first things I think any teacher who is interested in technology-integration sh<span style="font-size: small;">ould do is create their own classroom blog. </span> A classroom blog can <i>transform</i> your class even if the only computer in the class is yours - your laptop! It will give the parents<span style="font-size: small;"> a peek into the classroom setup, and it will join you to a whole lot of new blogging teacher f<span style="font-size: small;">riends around the world. You can involve your students in your blog in so many exciting ways.  <span style="font-size: small;">Google's </span>Blogger is a great blogging platform that gives a<span style="font-size: small;">mple free space, and it is also very attractive to look at and user-friendly to use. </span></span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, take the challenge and see if my instructions will help you.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div id="__ss_13018451" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/create-a-blog-using-bloggers-updated-interface" target="_blank" title="Create a blog using Blogger’s updated interface">Create a blog using Blogger’s updated interface</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13018451" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once you have created your blog there will be other <span style="font-size: small;"> </span>questions you will come up with. So the next Slideshare looks at the following questions and provides screenshots:</span></div><br /><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">1.How can people join my blog?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">2.How </span><span style="color: black;">can I add a </span><span style="color: black;">blogroll</span><span style="color: black;"> to my blog?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">3.How can I edit a post I have just written?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">4.How </span><span style="color: black;">can I change my </span><span style="color: black;">background template? </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">5.How </span><span style="color: black;">can I set up my </span><span style="color: black;">comment </span><span style="color: black;">box</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><div id="__ss_13025412" style="width: 425px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/blogging-questions" target="_blank" title="Blogging questions">Blogging questions</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13025412" width="425"></iframe> </span></span><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> Well, that should keep you occupied for a while, but the end result will be something you can be proud of. Tomorrow w<span style="font-size: small;">e will take a look at how to backup your blog. </span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>

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Creating A Living Lab For Health And Wellness | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

If you're venturing to Orlando, Florida, there's a decent chance that you're one of the 51 million-plus tourists that goes there every year, mainly to one of the city's theme parks. But over the next decade, a planned community in Orlando called Lake Nona will become something of an attraction as well--not for tourists, but for researchers and medical professionals.<br /><br><br /><br>Today, Lake Nona is a health-focused community that has about 7,000 people living and working in its borders. It's home to the Orlando VA Medical Center, the University of Central Florida's Health Sciences Campus, and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. In the coming years, that number will balloon to 40,000 to 50,000 people as the community grows its "innovation cluster" of "health and life science innovation," according to Thad Seymour, president of the Lake Nona Institute.<br /><br><br /><br>That means looking at biomarker and genetic assessments to predict the likelihood of disease, but also studying online personal health assessments from the residents. Wellness & Prevention isn't just sitting on the sidelines, observing people throughout their lives--it also plans on intervening with real-time coaching and advice. Says Wiegand: "We want to understand the cohort first. If we see there is a propensity for obesity, we can provide access to weight-loss counseling."But here's where things get interesting: Johnson & Johnson's Wellness & Prevention Inc. is teaming up with the Lake Nona Institute to create a longitudinal health and wellness study of people living and working the community. "Traditionally [longitudinal studies] have always looked at disease progression, but we want to understand how people are healthy and how to keep them healthy," explains Ben Wiegand, vice president of science and innovation at Wellness & Prevention Inc.<br /><br><br /><br>Wellness & Prevention can also intervene in Lake Nona's many health care settings, potentially controlling how care is provided for the better. Among the initiative's goals: improving modifiable risk factors for disease, cutting down on chronic disease rates, and reducing participants' RealAge by 10%. In other words, the initiative is attempting to turn a slice of Orlando into a model of health for the rest of the country (and the world) to follow.<br /><br><br /><br>In addition to the longitudinal study, Lake Nona is also teaming up with Cisco, which just named it a "Smart+Connected" city for its built-in connectivity (i.e. gigabit Internet connections for all new homes). As Lake Nona grows, Cisco will help add IP video surveillance systems, energy-management systems, better cellular connections, and more.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680801/creating-a-living-lab-for-health-and-wellness?#1">http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680801/creating-a-living-lab-for-health-and-wellness?#1</a>

Creating A Living Lab For Health And Wellness | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

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