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ITALY AND ARGENTINA: A COMPARISON

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<br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RixnSCeAnXpMB3ntTouNYuaHagQHVVnOi8LYlaWoWVCAI_NUNyprByn7RnIVEX2NX9yZceh7lgreH_-Hk9HWL8I-BCB1UsYcTRyFQwg8y506xFmHvzZS6mouUqPsRjYwIOjOv77jUZ9E/s1600/italiaArgentina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RixnSCeAnXpMB3ntTouNYuaHagQHVVnOi8LYlaWoWVCAI_NUNyprByn7RnIVEX2NX9yZceh7lgreH_-Hk9HWL8I-BCB1UsYcTRyFQwg8y506xFmHvzZS6mouUqPsRjYwIOjOv77jUZ9E/s320/italiaArgentina.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">PRODI: MAFIA AND BUREAUCRACY ARE ITALY'S WORST PROBLEMS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ITALIANS will have their first general elections in almost five years. </span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The last time they went to the polls to choose politicians for the upper and lower houses of parliament was when Romano Prodi left office as prime minister in 2008.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Five years on and a financial crisis later, a lot has changed. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ITALY still has the eighth largest economy in the world and the third largest in the EUROZONE. But volatility on bond markets drove it close to bankruptcy last year, while youth unemployment, according to the EUROPEAN Commission, has hit 37 percent. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IF SILVIO BERLUSCONI WINS, IT COULD TRIGGER A SHOCK ON FINANCIAL MARKETS THAT WOULD FORCE ROME TO SEEK A BAILOUT</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Meanwhile, in the run-up to voting, ITALY'S largest investment bank, Mediobanca, has warned that if Silvio Berlusconi, its populist former leader, wins it could trigger a shock on financial markets that would force Rome to seek a bailout. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Speaking to EUobserver, Prodi highlighted two reasons for ITALY'S economic misery. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I give a lot of responsibility [for the crisis] to criminality, to the mafia," he said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: <b><span style="color: red;">ARGENTINES IMMIGRANT BACKGROUND</span></b><span style="color: red;">  &  </span></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ARGENTINA, BARELY 30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY, A YOUNG NATION TRYING TO FIND ITS BEARING</span></b><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/argentine-evolution.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/argentine-evolution.html</a></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wBEWENkRMyJfpURqXXrG0XvNl42AqRB4LU9u8wgnrLG8KtSHGMTDZbNIv9uDIrL0e2SxisooGnI5MaZLsVDP1ik8jfSM-1UEP_mo0jitHfEGtte9QjaNQRDvXsjkK6KuM6qXBDRafbN0/s1600/italia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wBEWENkRMyJfpURqXXrG0XvNl42AqRB4LU9u8wgnrLG8KtSHGMTDZbNIv9uDIrL0e2SxisooGnI5MaZLsVDP1ik8jfSM-1UEP_mo0jitHfEGtte9QjaNQRDvXsjkK6KuM6qXBDRafbN0/s320/italia.jpg" width="265" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"In ITALY you have very efficient companies and you have a lot of acquisitions by foreign countries, but no greenfield investment and no research-based investment. ITALY is not being chosen for such new initiatives. What do I mean? I mean that foreign companies are willing to buy market share in ITALY, but they don't want to take further risks because of this problem [<b>ORGANIZED CRIME</b>] we have in ITALY, even if it is limited to certain regions and even if there is an ongoing fight against it," he added.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CRIME AND CORRUPTION ARE TWO OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MULTINATIONAL INDUSTRIES</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/crime-corruption-and-political-system.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/crime-corruption-and-political-system.html</a></span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE SECOND REASON IS THE SLOW PACE OF ITALIAN BUREAUCRACY.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"The difference between now and 20 years ago is that these days people make decisions so quickly. You see how companies move from one day to the next from the UNITED STATES to ASIA. So if you have a public administration that takes years to give permission to build a new factory, this is not compatible with the modern world. <b><span style="color: red;">These are the two problems: ITALIAN public administration and corruption</span></b>," Prodi noted.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">APATHY AMONG YOUNG ITALIANS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"The traditional behaviour, the culture of this country has to change even more than it did after it entered the euro," he added.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The 73-year-old centre-left politician and economist is also worried about apathy among young ITALIANS. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"They don't react. There is no reaction [to the crisis]. It is quite dramatic," he said.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I have been teaching in universities for many years and I still have some seminars, but students never said to me before: 'Look, professor, I am sure I will be unemployed' or 'I am sure I will only find temporary work, if I am lucky'," he noted. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He said the crisis has created abnormalities in the ITALIAN labour market. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">EU NEEDS MORE STIMULUS AND LESS AUSTERITY</span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"We have a new phenomenon in ITALY - immigration of low-skilled manpower for jobs that ITALIANS don't want to do even if there is unemployment, and increasing emigration of the most talented young people. Italians with PhDs work more and more abroad. My nephews are among them … We cannot go on this way," he noted. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prodi is less unhappy because young ITALIANS are emigrating to other EUROPEAN countries instead of the US.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But he said the EU needs more stimulus and less austerity in order to save the prospects of the current generation. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"Honestly, I don't understand why EUROPE does not now choose a different economic policy. Look - even GERMANY is not growing. EUROPE is becoming a black spot in the world … GERMANY has a fantastic surplus in its balance of trade. Why don't they put some fuel in the locomotive?" he said. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I hope that in the future, ITALY again becomes a country of innovation, of new initiatives," he noted. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"If you look at the balance sheets of medium-sized, family-run ITALIAN companies, they are fantastic, and this year we increased exports more than GERMANY in relative terms," he added.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b>Related background Information:</b> </span></span></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/european-democracy-at-crossroad.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/european-democracy-at-crossroad.html</span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/11/regime-change-in-europe-from-democracy.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/11/regime-change-in-europe-from-democracy.html</span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BANKS DOMINATE DEBATE</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Turning to the weekend's elections, Prodi said that even as EU politicians and market analysts look to ITALY, ITALIAN voters are showing little interest in EUROPE. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One reason is there is little difference between the candidates in terms of EU policies. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"The basic EUROPEAN doctrine is shared by all the people in the coalition. The democratic centre-left group is pro-EUROPEAN. [Caretaker PM and former commissioner Mario] Monti is by definition pro-EUROPEAN. Even Berlusconi is basically pro-EUROPEAN. Out of the new groups, like [that of satirist Beppe] Grillo, they are more anarchic, but [EUROPE] is not really part of the debate. It is strange, but this is life," he said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THERE SHOULD BE A "WALL" BETWEEN BANKS AND POLITICIANS IN ALL OF EUROPE</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Instead, political campaigns are devoting attention to banks. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ITALY was last month shocked by news that Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest still-running bank and ITALY'S third biggest lender, has over €700 million of losses on its books due to dodgy trades. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The ITALIAN city of Siena is the bank’s largest shareholder, linking the scandal to local politicians.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prodi said that in the old days local elites could effectively oversee bank activity. But today, their involvement has no benefit due to the speed and complexity of bank transactions. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He noted there should be a "wall" between banks and politicians in all of Europe.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"This is a problem not only for ITALY. Landesbanken are the main political problem in GERMANY, Civic banks in SPAIN … In all cases, the mixture of local political life and management of the banks is too strong," he said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">From next year, the EUROPEAN Central Bank will directly supervise 150 big banks.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But oversight of the rest of EUROPE'S 6,000-or-so smaller lenders will stay in the hands of national supervisors.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I am not happy that EUROPEAN Central Bank control has been limited," Prodi noted. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"In a world where all the banks, big or small, can go to the international markets and create huge quantities of debt, how can a local-level structure make decisions about that?" he said.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

ITALY AND ARGENTINA: A COMPARISON

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

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

past & present - book joy

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

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UtellStory looks like an amazing digital storytelling application

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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/AVvXsEhDUb1q4_gJL2sGbmwT4h-7XyIk4wEZ_yMO1KslfVpAh7-BGpmkwtWrCDQi-yvVzScDk5Cm-HCRTuJeW2IzksiVrNdug-uxgPa5NdrAv8J-hgNLJiLyVoX-IfFdYj91YJXVxHMZEcEaVFw/s1600/UtellStory.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUb1q4_gJL2sGbmwT4h-7XyIk4wEZ_yMO1KslfVpAh7-BGpmkwtWrCDQi-yvVzScDk5Cm-HCRTuJeW2IzksiVrNdug-uxgPa5NdrAv8J-hgNLJiLyVoX-IfFdYj91YJXVxHMZEcEaVFw/s1600/UtellStory.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am always on the lookout for interesting ways to get our students reading,  writing, or creating in one way or another. Today I came across <b>UtellStory </b>and  I must say I really want to try out this application. I have embedded their example of what a Utellstory can look like from the opening page of their website (http://www.utellstory.com) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">below.  </span><br /><br /></div></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" scrolling="no" src="http://www.utellstory.com/viewstory/embed/6853b39e515f7574d900e741adef61d8?w=480" width="480"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>How to create a story</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UtellStory has a 'how to' video on You Tube which explains how to go about creating a story. I like the fact that the final product can be shared and/or can be embedded on a blog. Here is he video.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MCc4iqOVq2g" width="420"></iframe><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Is UtellStory free?</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is always the compelling question! Fortunately the website informs us that they have free and paid options as shown below</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqG6SxeMFdfuVkobiRSChAZJ7Gh6YjbwUGXA5dOCDoefY341J8E-Wvomskkz7l0t_ktfu5nwFNZgIv5atk__Y9Z7VLTKZI8j-pbT7Nin-qmMtr3ik1dhyphenhyphenmVspDT4bfynbCX8mlsTPQ4S8/s1600/Utell+stories.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqG6SxeMFdfuVkobiRSChAZJ7Gh6YjbwUGXA5dOCDoefY341J8E-Wvomskkz7l0t_ktfu5nwFNZgIv5atk__Y9Z7VLTKZI8j-pbT7Nin-qmMtr3ik1dhyphenhyphenmVspDT4bfynbCX8mlsTPQ4S8/s400/Utell+stories.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, why not join me and give UtellStory a try?</span></div>

Creative writing UtellStory looks like an amazing digital storytelling application

Submitted by Fiona Beal I am always on the lookout for interesting ways to get our students reading, writing, or creating in one way or ano...

More inspiration: ‘Here’s to the crazy ones–think different’

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always enjoy these videos that have an inspirational message. This one is said to be narrated by Steve Jobs and it features Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon (with Yoko Ono), Buckminster Fuller, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Ted Turner, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Earhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Martha Graham, Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog), Frank Lloyd Wright and Pablo Picasso. The young girl at the end is Shaan Sahota</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The message - don't be afraid to think differently</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8rwsuXHA7RA" width="420"></iframe></div>

Inspiration More inspiration: ‘Here’s to the crazy ones–think different’

Submitted by Fiona Beal I always enjoy these videos that have an inspirational message. This one is said to be narrated by Steve Jobs and it...

Complete Oscar Winners List 2013 ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">BEST PICTURE</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Argo"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Amour"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Beasts of the Southern Wild"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Django Unchained"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Les Miserables"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Life of Pi"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Lincoln"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Silver Linings Playbook"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Zero Dark Thirty"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Bradley Cooper - "Silver Linings Playbook"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Hugh Jackman - "Les Miserables"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Joaquin Phoenix - "The Master"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Denzel Washington - "Flight"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Emmanuelle Riva - "Amour"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Quvenzhané Wallis - "Beasts of Southern Wild"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Naomi Watts - "The Impossible"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Alan Arkin - "Argo"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Robert De Niro - "Silver Linings Playbook"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Tommy Lee Jones - "Lincoln"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Amy Adams - "The Master"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Sally Field - "Lincoln"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Helen Hunt - "The Sessions"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Jackie Weaver - "Silver Linings Playbook"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">ANIMATED FEATURE FILM</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Brave"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Frankenweenie"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"ParaNorman"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Wreck-It Ralph"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">DIRECTING</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Life of Pi" - Ang Lee</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Amour" - Michael Haneke</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Beasts of the Southern Wild" - Benh Zeitlin</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Lincoln" - Steven Spielberg</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Silver Linings Playbook" - David O. Russell</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Django Unchained" - Quentin Tarantino</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Amour" - Michael Haneke</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Flight" - John Gatins</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Moonrise Kingdom" - Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Zero Dark Thirty" - Mark Boal</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Argo" - Chris Terrio</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Beasts of the Southern Wild" - Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Life of Pi" - David Magee</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Lincoln" - Tony Kushner</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Silver Linings Playbook" - David O. Russell</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Skyfall" from "Skyfall," music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice," music and lyrics by J. Ralph</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from "Ted," music by Walter Murphy, lyrics by Seth MacFarlane</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Suddenly" from "Les Miserables," music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">Winner: "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi," music by Mychael Danna, lyrics by Bombay Jayashri</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Amour" (Austria)</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Kon-Tiki" (Norway)</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"No" (Chile)</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"A Royal Affair" (Denmark)</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"War Witch" (Canada)</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">CINEMATOGRAPHY</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Life of Pi"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Anna Karenina"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Django Unchained"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Lincoln"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Skyfall"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">COSTUME DESIGN</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Anna Karenina"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Les Miserables"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Lincoln"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Mirror Mirror"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Snow White and the Huntsman"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Searching for Sugar Man"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"5 Broken Cameras"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"The Gatekeepers"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"How to Survive a Plague"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"The Invisible War"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">DOCUMENTARY - SHORT</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Inocente"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Kings Point"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Mondays at Racine"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Open Heart"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Redemption"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">FILM EDITING</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Argo"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Life of Pi"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Lincoln"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Silver Linings Playbook"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Zero Dark Thirty"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Les Miserables"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Hitchcock"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Life of Pi"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Anna Karenina"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Argo"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Lincoln"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Skyfall"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">PRODUCTION DESIGN</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Lincoln"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Anna Karenina"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Les Miserables"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Life of Pi"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">SHORT FILM - ANIMATED</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Paperman"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Adam and Dog"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Fresh Guacamole"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Head over Heels"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare' "</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Curfew"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Asad"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Buzkashi Boys"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Henry"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">SOUND EDITING</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Tie: "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Argo"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Django Unchained"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Life of Pi"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">SOUND MIXING</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Les Miserables"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Argo"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Life of Pi"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Lincoln"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Skyfall"</div></div></div></div><div class="mdl" style="background-color: black; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="h-wrap group" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/css/charlie/themes/events/oscars/2013/bar.jpg); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 37px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: -10px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 class="h-sub group" style="color: #c29d38; font-size: 26px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; padding: 0px 10px;">VISUAL EFFECTS</span></h2></div><div class="categoryInfo" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><div class="winner" style="color: white;"><h2>Winner: "Life of Pi"</h2></div><div class="nominees"><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">NOMINEES:</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Marvel's The Avengers"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Prometheus"</div><div class="nominee" style="color: #9e9e9e; font-weight: bold;">"Snow White and the Huntsman"</div></div></div></div></div>

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Adele Electrifies Oscars With 'Skyfall' Performance

9:59 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h2 class="sub-title article" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding-right: 30px;">Backed by a full orchestra, singer performed the James Bond theme during Sunday night's telecast.</h2><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;">By Jocelyn Vena (@<a class="twitter-anywhere-user" href="http://twitter.com/jocelyn1212" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">jocelyn1212</a>) <a href="mailto:jocelyn.vena@viacommix.com" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="authorEmail" src="http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/images/spacer.gif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/images/charlie/sprites/site_wide_original.png); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px none; color: #999999; font-size: 9px; height: 11px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 13px;" /></a></div><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;"><img alt="Adele performs at the 2013 Oscars" height="300" src="http://images3.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/movies/o/oscars_2013/stories/adele/alt/281x211.jpg?width=281&height=211" width="400" /></div><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Adele performs at the 2013 Oscars</span></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;">Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images</div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/adele/" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">Adele</a> let loose with her very own <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702513/shirley-bassey-james-bond-oscars-tribute.jhtml" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">James Bond tribute</a> on Sunday night's (February 24) <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/oscars/" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">Oscars</a>. Done up in sequined all-black everything, the diva gave a flawless performance of the <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1694976/adele-skyfall-theme-leak.jhtml" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">theme song for "Skyfall"</a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Best Actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence, who introduced the Brit singer, described the tune as "irresistible," adding that it "has joined the canon of great James Bond music."</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="background-color: black; width: 520px;"><div style="padding: 4px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="288" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:882862/cp~id%3D1702507%26vid%3D882862%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A882862" width="512"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 4px; padding: 4px; text-align: left;"><b>Overdrive Movies Feature</b> <br />Get More:  <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/trailer_park/" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Movie Trailers</a>, <a href="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Movies Blog</a></div></div></div>Then the Grammy winner, along with an orchestra, hit the Dolby Theatre stage for a rendition of the Oscar-nominated song that filled the room. With her hair down and looking a bit wild, Adele was officially back on the scene and without missing a beat.  Who rocked the James Bond song harder, Adele or Shirley Bassey?  The new mother had been keeping a low profile since the birth of her son last fall. But her voice was as rich as it has ever been, even after an absence from the stage. As Adele hit the crescendo in "Skyfall," the stage lights became brighter and colored smoke filled the background; the retro feel of the track was highlighted by a choir joining her onstage.<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The Paul Epworth-produced "Skyfall" theme was up for <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702386/oscar-2013-best-original-song-predictions.jhtml" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">Best Original Song</a>, facing off against "Before My Time" (from "Chasing Ice"); "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" (from "Ted," and which happens to be written by 2013 Oscars host Seth MacFarlane); "Pi's Lullaby" (from "Life of Pi"); and "Suddenly" (from "Les Miserables"). Adele <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700097/golden-globes-2013-adele-best-original-song.jhtml" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">won the Golden Globe</a> for the song last month before taking home the Oscar as well on Sunday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Earlier in the night, singer Shirley Bassey paid homage to the James Bond franchise as the legendary spy series turns 50. The iconic OG took the stage for a jazzy rendition of one of her own Bond themes, "Goldfinger."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><b>Stick with us for everything about the 2013 <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/oscars/" style="color: #840407; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Oscars</a> including our<a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/oscars/winners.jhtml" style="color: #840407; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Oscar winners list</a> and <a href="http://style.mtv.com/2013/02/24/2013-oscars-red-carpet-fashion/" style="color: #840407; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">full fashion coverage!</a></b></div></div>

2013 Oscar Best Original Song Skyfall Adele Electrifies Oscars With 'Skyfall' Performance

Backed by a full orchestra, singer performed the James Bond theme during Sunday night's telecast. By Jocelyn Vena (@ jocelyn1212 ) Adel...

Oscars 2013: Jennifer Lawrence wins best actress

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook." " src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f35804/turbine/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2013-wins-best-picture--002/600" /><br /><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook." </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">(<span class="photographer">The Weinstein Co.</span>)</span><br /><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"></span></span><br /><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><span class="byline" style="display: block;">By Chris Lee</span><div class="date" style="color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">February 24, 2013</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: white; display: inline; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-left: 6px;">, </span><span class="timeString" style="display: inline; text-transform: lowercase;">8:50 p.m.</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"></span><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">The second time’s the charm for <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/jennifer-lawrence-PECLB0000006729.topic" id="PECLB0000006729" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Jennifer Lawrence">Jennifer Lawrence</a>. The 22-year-old Kentucky native landed the lead actress Oscar statuette Sunday for her tragicomic performance as an emotionally bruised widow in “<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/silver-linings-playbook-%28movie%29-ENMV0002653.topic" id="ENMV0002653" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Silver Linings Playbook (movie)">Silver Linings Playbook</a>.”<div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Her win comes a month after Lawrence picked up the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/golden-globe-awards-EVHST0000228.topic" id="EVHST0000228" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe</a> for actress in a comedic movie and just two years after the actress’ breakthrough performance in “Winter’s Bone” -- the role that first put her on the academy’s lead actress balloting list.</div></div></div>

Jennifer Lawrence Oscars 2013 Oscars 2013: Jennifer Lawrence wins best actress

Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook." ( The Weinstein Co. ) By Chris Lee February 24, 2013 , 8:50 p...