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from $120 / night help Price for guests, Nights approx:
- Bedrooms:
- 4
- Bathrooms:
- 4
- Sleeps:
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- Type:
- House
- Pets allowed:
- No
- Wi-Fi available:
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- Per night:
- $120 - $498
- Per week:
- $840 - $3486
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Beat Z.
Languages spoken: English, German
- Air conditioning
- Balcony/Terrace
- Grill
- Heating
- Balcony/Terrace
- High Speed Internet
- Private outdoor pool (unheated)
- Parking Included
- Balcony/Terrace
- Sea view
- Waterfront
- Ceiling Fans
- Clothes dryer
- Dishwasher
- DVD player
- Fax machine
- Hair dryer
- Iron
- CD player
- Refrigerator
- Satellite TV
- Microwave
- Stove
- Telephone
- Toaster
- Washing machine
- Bikes
- Cycling Trips
- Fishing
- Water sports
- Horse riding
- Pool or snooker table
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"House is equipped with everything"
We spent 2 weeks holiday with 9 people in this house. Already the booking and the definite received documents were made very professional. This gave a very good picture already before the departure. On our arrival we met a fully furnished and lovingly decorated house, in which we felt very comfortable. All descriptions for this house are absolutely correct. It is thought of everything and also very clean. All rooms are wonderfully furnished and we all had enough space. The pool was really enjoyed by the kids and was very clean. Furthermore, this once a week professionally cleaned and maintained. Nearby are great shopping and restaurants. But also for the self-cooking everything is available and even a great grill! If you want to spend your holiday in a house in a great ambience, here is the right place. The boat, which is also rented by the landlord, looks very nice, but was not used by us.
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wir durften die ersten Mieter sein!
Es war wunderschoen. An der Ausstattung hat nichts gefehlt und es war genauso wie beschrieben. Pool und Spa haben ihr uebriges getan.
Wir koennen das Haus jedem empfehlen und werden sicher nicht zum letzten Mal dort gewesen sein. Der Kontakt mit dem Vermieter war auch sehr angenehm und er ist für Wuensche und Anregungen jederzeit offen. Einkaufsmoeglichkeiten sind quasi direkt um die Ecke.Es war unser 6.Urlaub in Cape Coral und somit haben wir auch schon einiges an Erfahrung, was Ferienhaeuser anbelangt. Allen kuenftigen Mietern wuenschen wir genauso viel Spass und Freude, wie wir es hatten.
Empfohlen fuer: Reisende 55+, Frauencliquen, Familien mit Teenagern, Familien mit kleinen Kindern, Urlauber mit Bewegungseinschränkung
Exceptional choice!
We were a group of 5 younger people in the house and we felt immediately comfortable. The rooms are very bright and generously designed, equipped with everything you can think of. We had a great time just to linger in the house and the backyard. There was some traffic audible, but it didn't bother us at all. You do need a car to stay at the house, but everything is pretty easy accessible.
We also liked the ambience with the canal and the landing stage for the boat just there. We even caught some short glances at a baby crocodile in the canal. Also very recommendable is a boat trip to the Gulf of Mexico, where you can see heaps of dolphins dancing around the boat. If you prefer not to go out by yourself, there's a guide you can hire.
We all had one of our best times ever!
Great Vacation
We had a very welcoming house with an automatic garage door and gorgeous premises on our disposal. We were provided with great ideas for our stay by the landlord and his wife and made our vacation unforgettable with special adventures.
The bright bedrooms and the well equipped bathrooms spoiled our privacy. Even though there were 8 people in the house, we never felt any tightness. The sensational kitchen, which is located in the middle of the house, gave us the possibility to always move in a circle.
The canal made every sunrise and sunset to a special experience. Palm trees and jumping fishes made it easy to enjoy every moment. Every boat trip on the canal, the everglades and the Gulf of Mexico were highlights that we don't want to miss.
There are also a lot of activity options within spitting distance, such as shopping malls, beaches etc.
Sincere thanks are given especially to the landlords for the use of the house and we wish every next tenant an equally restorative vacation.
Holiday in the sunshine state, bathe in the warm Gulf of Mexico, which is already a dream.
Add to this the holiday in the villa - Early Sunset - and the dream is perfect.
The villa is comfortably furnished and is super modern.
On the large terrace and pool area, we were able to relax very well.
Evening barbecue, look to the stars, or even more times in the pool - it's just cool.
The boat ride is a must - it's just fun.
The guest relations by Michael was excellent. Thank you very much.
Florida - we'll be back.

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The Essex class was a class of fleet aircraft carriers the United States Navy. Along with the ships of the Ticonderoga-class, whose hulls were longer by a few meters, 17 aircraft carriers were completed by the end of World War II, 7 others followed until 1950. Essex class is the most numerous series of capital ships ever produce in the 20th Century.
After the older carriers of the U.S. Navy had initially led the struggle against the Japanese advance in the Pacific and stopped the modern carriers of the Essex class took over the part in big oofensive from the end of 1943. No vessels of the Essex class was lost, either by enemy action or by accidents. After the Second World War, most of this class aircraft carrier were modernized and served some well into the 80s in the fleet.
The Essex class in Forgotten Hope Secret Weapon includes carriers USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Not to be confused with the also presented in the mod USS Yorktown (CV-5) from the Yorktown class.
The armanent of the Essex-class matches the original quite well, but lacks a few 12.7-mm guns and all 20-mm Oerlikon guns. Overall, the carriers are better armed than the Yorktown-class and fully crewed aircraft difficult to attack. Targeting enemy ships is helpless, as the 12.7-mm guns can only fire anti-aircraft shells.
The captain of the ship can turn by pressing the ↑ key to the camera in the "crow's nest" of the ship, which gives it a very good overview. Unlike the Japanese aircraft carriers American carriers has not only the captain, but also each weapon station has a radar, which is designed to simulate the improved fire control of the Americans.
A special feature that originated in Forgotten Hope, is the elevator, that can be related to the aircraft from the hangar to the deck. The use of the elevator is relatively complicated, so it is rarely used.
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The ship, the second US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the Battle of Bunker Hill. Bunker Hill was commissioned in May 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning eleven battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. She was badly damaged in May 1945 by Japanese kamikaze attacks, with the loss of hundreds of her crew, becoming one of the most heavily damaged carriers to survive the war.
After the attack she returned to the U.S. mainland for repairs and was decommissioned in 1947. While in reserve she was reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA), then an antisubmarine carrier (CVS), and finally an Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship (AVT), but was never modernized and never saw active service again. Bunker Hill and Franklin were the only Essex-class ships never recommissioned after World War II.
Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1966, she served as an electronics test platform for many years in San Diego bay, and was sold for scrap in 1973. An effort to save her as a museum ship in 1972 was unsuccessful.


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Okay, let's start with the obvious. The ZTE PF100 is a fugly tablet. There, we've said it. Its faux-metallic edges look more rusty than sharp and the back panel makes it look like a 1980s' calculator.
The build quality is pretty cheap looking and feeling and - as we weren't given exact device dimensions (and the bigger boys snapped our ruler) - we'll have to use our own carefully selected words to describe its size and weight attributes. We'll go for "fat" and "heavy".
So, now we've got the negatives out of the way, we can concentrate on its good points. And there are plenty to talk about, luckily.
First, it's worth noting that under its ugly chassis, the PF100 is an absolute monster of a tablet. Powered by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 T30S 1.5GHz CPU, this 10.1-inch tab also boasts 1GB of DDR2 RAM and runs the new ZTE UI Miflavor on top of Android 4.0 without any bother.
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This photograph by Anna Beeke is part of Untangling Threads: Women Artisans in Morocco's Rug Weaving Industry, a traveling exhibit that displays the documentary photographs of the life and lifestyle of women artisans beside handwoven Moroccan rugs woven by the same women. This exhibit has been shown in a wide variety of places, from New York galleries, college libraries, high schools, and street fairs and offers the viewer a glimpse into rural Moroccan life as it documents the life, culture, and craft of female weavers, while specifically focusing on artisans from rural weaving communities in the Middle and High Atlas mountains. As the curator of the exhibit, I am excited to grow the project through discovering new places to display Untangling Threads in the United States and in our sustained relationship with the artisans in Morocco.


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The magazine is published four times a year, very occasionally with extra newsletters in between. The magazine is published in English. A translation in French is available on request.
Magazine 131 is published on the 14th JuneThis issue contains two wonderful, extensive interviews with our ABBA Weekend guests Hans Löfvenberg and Susie Webb. There are also interviews with Carl Magnus Palm and Hazell Dean, a report on the fantastic ABBA Weekend as well as there premiere of Försökskaninerna with music by Benny.
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"After the show, an elderly gentleman was backstage and came over to me to say that he absolutely adored what I did. He went on to say that he had not seen anyone with the kind of command of the audience that I have. The last time he saw that was when he saw Houdini. I thought was this guy was pitching me or something. As he was walking away, someone asked me if I knew who that was. I said no. It was Walter Gibson."
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Thanks John;ReplyDelete
Over the years we have seen so many good friends pass, and we often do not get to say good bye or thank them for all they had done or shared with us.
We may never pass this way again, so we want to take this opportunity to thank you for being such a good and supportive friend. Through thick and thin.
We are often outspoken and tell things as we see them, in as honest and truthful way as possible, and of course we may ruffle some feathers. More importantly, we may not always be right, or be agreed with, but you have remained supportive and understanding, the sign of a person who knows how to be a good friend.
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Thank YOU, D&D. And congrats again on this. It's a wonderful interview.Delete
My first grade daughter chose Dorothy to research as an honored citizen....we've been doing a lot of research but finding this article has been amazing. So very fascinating and helpful! She will be dressed as Dorothy in a living museum reciting facts at her school next Friday in Tampa, Florida!ReplyDelete


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I'm a bit behind with my Bake Off challenges.. We're still glued to the television every Tuesday night, desperate to find out what's going into the oven next. This week it was Glenn, who had to leave the Bake Off tent. Unfortunately things didn't work out for him in week 7. He was one of my favourites and I was sad to see him go. His witty sense of humour, his yummy creations and his firm belief that a cake can never be too big made him a terrific contestant and the last man standing in the Bake Off tent. His comments made us chuckle, e.g. while kneeling down beside the oven: I swore I wouldn't be one of these idiots crouching down beside the oven and here I am or his insightful view on home made puff pastry: "Frankly anyone who has a life or a job or friends doesn't do this often."
Between work commitments and wanting to make a cake for my cousin's new arrival and another cake for my work colleague I have fallen short of recreating some of the challenges. Shame on me. And last weekend I had another lovely reason for not keeping up with the Bake Off. I was lucky to attend a modelling class with the fantastic Pita, who travelled all the way from Barcelona.
Body parts. Gruesome.
On day 1 there were 8 of us lucky ladies excited to get cracking on the first project: A little skater girl sitting on a coffee cup. That might sound a bit strange but hey; anything goes when it comes to cakes. Pita patiently showed us every step along the way and was always ready to help out or demonstrate a crucial technique again, and after a full on modelling day, from 9am - 6pm, this is who I got to take home with me:
The lovely Pita showing us how it's done.
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I learned how to make a giraffe, a (Swiss :-) cow and a baby elephant. The giraffe girl is probably my favourite, closely followed by the elephant.
After the "helpful" comments of my family I decided to do something to the giraffe's hide. I'm a little unsure whether that was the right decision, or if the poor thing looks a bit too busy now..
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Mobile data increasing – the use of traditional services decreasingPublished 16.10.2015
In early 2015, the use of mobile network services continued to develop as in previous years. The use of mobile data grew strongly, while the use of traditional voice and messaging services decreased.
In recent years, the use of traditional voice and messaging services has turned to a decrease in the mobile network. In 2014, the number of calls placed in the mobile network fell by 7 per cent from 2013 and the number of call minutes decreased by 3 per cent. The decrease in the number of calls continued during the first half of 2015 as the figure fell by 5 per cent from the end of last year.
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"Great," Pete told him. "So we find the murderer's footprints. What do we do then? Take a plaster cast of them and try to find out where he bought his shoes?"You tell him, Pete! He has just pointed out how a plastic cast of a footprint is absurdly expected to provide the solution to a mystery. I always want to roll my eyes when I read a Nancy Drew book, and Nancy notes a tire pattern or makes a plaster cast which always leads her directly to the villain. After all, the villain is the only person in the world who wears those shoes or has that kind of tire, right?
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At first it seems almost funny, that the Navy has produced a one-page guide on sexual harassment that reads like a 6-year-old's reading primer. On second thought, it's no laughing matter. Maybe this equivalent of the 1992 Presidential campaign's "It's the economy, stupid" is precisely what a service so deeply steeped in sexism needs to reform its ways.
The guide, which has been sent to all commanding officers for posting on military bulletin boards, defines harassment in terms of traffic lights. "Sexual assault and rape" gets a red light. "Expressing concern or encouragement" gets a green. Behavior that falls somewhere between a casual hello and a determined grope gets a yellow. Many women would agree that "unwanted letters or poems" is properly yellow. But "sexually suggestive touching"? Surely that qualifies for red.
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Teens are crafting new ways to connect online, says a Toronto, Canada-based researcher, who's studying how students use Web 2.0 social media tools to make friends-and are inadvertently transferring these skills to the classroom. Natalia Sinitskaya Ronda, a PhD candidate with Toronto-based York University, discovered that a handful of 14-year-old girls in a pilot study used critical thinking skills independently online.

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"I use Flickr all the time personally, and my library has two accounts, a general library account and a University Archives account. Flickr has been around for a few years now, and librarians all over the world use it to share images from their personal and professional lives. Flickr is more than a great place to post and share photos with your community; it's a community in itself, and a starting place for all sorts of activities. Here are a few extra tools that can be found at and around flickr, to add a little extra to your photo experience."

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"Melissa Corey helped turn a catastrophe into a teachable moment. After the explosion of Deepwater Horizon, a drilling rig leased by BP PLC on April 20 off the coast of Louisiana, Corey, a library media specialist at Benton High School in St. Joseph, MO, had a teacher ask her to conduct a mini-unit with his students, incorporating the oil spill into lessons on environmental disasters.

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"Add this to the growing list of popular iPhone apps for kids—AccessMyLibrary School Edition, which makes remote searches of media center databases just a click away.

The latest app from Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, comes on the heels of last year's launch of an iPhone application that helps users find their local libraries. This latest K-12 version asks students to enter a password, then search for their local school library. Once in, they can pull up the vast array of Gale online resources within a 10-mile radius that were purchased by their media specialist."

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email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-43700032572324327772010-05-21T19:49:00.000+01:002010-05-21T19:49:26.427+01:00Free Speech Groups Protest GLBT Book-Banning at NJ School District

By SLJ Staff -- School Library Journal, 5/19/2010 2:00:00 PM
"A coalition of free speech groups is protesting the recent banning of the book Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology (Alyson) from New Jersey's Rancocas Valley High School library following a complaint by a conservative group.

Leaders of the National Coalition Against Censorship, the National Council of Teachers of English, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, and People For the American Way Foundation wrote a letter to Rancocas Valley Regional High School."

It is unfortunate that in this day and age, there are still these types of challenges to our collection choices. This may not be happening in Chicago now, but you never know. Read the full article at SLJ here or visit them at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-16967166097752261482010-05-17T20:30:00.000+01:002010-05-17T20:30:17.805+01:00What if Everyone on Twitter Read One Book?

 By Jeff Howe

 March 24, 2010 |

 1:04 pm |

 Categories: Crowdsourcing, Internet Culture & Etiquette

Read More http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/one-book-one-twitter/#ixzz0oDULOlHp

 By Jeff Howe

 March 24, 2010 |

 1:04 pm |

 Categories: Crowdsourcing, Internet Culture & Etiquette

Read More http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/one-book-one-twitter/#ixzz0oDULOlHp

By Jeff Howe on March 24, 2010 from Wired.com.

"I have a dream. An idea. A maybe great notion. Actually, as Auggie March might say, "I got a scheme."

What if everyone on Twitter read the same book at the same time and we formed one massive, international book club? Usually such programs are organized by big-city libraries. Seattle started the trend for collective reading in 1998 when zillions of Seattlites all read Russell Banks' book, Sweet Hereafter. Chicago followed suit with To Kill a Mockingbird a few years later, and then other cities started jumping on the bandwagon. When the program works — and it doesn't always  — it gets more people reading, more people talking and more people generally appreciating the written word. What's not to like?"

Read More http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/one-book-one-twitter/#ixzz0oDTVdKT3

I thought book clubs' appeal was that you could meet other people face-to-face? I guess if it's meeting other people tweet-to-tweet, that's OK too, but it doesn't sound that interesting to me. And you?

To read an interview with Jeff Howe (the founder of #1b1t) click here at School Library Journal.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-61795231879122869802010-05-17T19:19:00.001+01:002010-05-17T19:20:14.628+01:008 Financial Tips For Young Adults

From the website Investopedia at http://www.investopedia.com

"Unfortunately, personal finance has not yet become a required subject in high school or college, so you might be fairly clueless about how to manage your money when you're out in the real world for the first time. If you think that understanding personal finance is way above your head, though, you're wrong. All it takes to get started on the right path is the willingness to do a little reading - you don't even need to be particularly good at math. To help you get started, we'll take a look at eight of the most important things to understand about money if you want to live a comfortable and prosperous life."

Since we're talking about money (see our prior post below) we might as well look at some helpful pointers on all this money business. Any other tips or suggestions are always welcome!

Read the article from Investopdeia.com here .firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-41758252839376409042010-05-13T20:21:00.000+01:002010-05-13T20:21:55.989+01:00Chicago School Librarians to Teach Money Savvy Classes

By Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 5/12/2010 2:05:00 PM
"Susan Beacham thanks a four-bellied pig for giving her the edge to teach young children how to find financial footing—and for giving her firm, Money Savvy Generation, its spot on the educational map.

[Money Savvy Pig] has four tummies, four plugs at the bottom, one each for saving, spending, donating, and investing," says Beacham, founder and CEO of Money Savvy Generation, based in Lake Bluff, IL. "If you give young children something to touch, something tangible, they can excel in a financial lesson."

To read the entire article from SLJ click here or visit School Library Journal at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com.

Is there anybody out there doing this? How is it going? It sounds very email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-58918888106061535572010-05-12T20:15:00.003+01:002010-05-12T20:37:19.991+01:00Draft- National Educational Technology Plan

"Secretary Arne Duncan invites comments on the draft National Educational Technology Plan.
The plan describes how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. It provides concrete goals to inform state and local educational technology plans, and recommendations to inspire research, development, and innovation.

Click here for an accessible version of the video.
This plan is a draft. "We are open to your comments," Secretary Duncan said in a video announcing the plan. "Tell us about how technology has changed your school or classroom."

Read the plan. Share your comments, videos and examples of how technology is changing and improving education. See Secretary Duncan's March 3 speech about education technology."

I'm not sure about this yet, but it might be worth visiting the site and checking it out. To visit this page, click here or see the executive summary here.firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-37159243827259185162010-05-10T20:32:00.002+01:002010-05-10T20:40:21.223+01:00The Story of Stuff

"The Story of Stuff Project's mission is to build a strong, diverse, decentralized, cross-sector movement to transform systems of production and consumption to serve ecological sustainability and social wellbeing. Our goals are to amplify public discourse on a diverse set of sustainability issues and to facilitate the growing Story of Stuff community's involvement in strategic efforts to build a more sustainable and just world.

The Story of Stuff Project was founded in June 2008 by Annie Leonard to leverage the remarkable success of The Story of Stuff, a 20-minute web-film that explores the often hidden environmental and social consequences of America's love affair with its stuff. Currently, the film has been viewed over 10 million times on-line and in thousands of schools, houses of worship, community centers and businesses around the world. Our Project's focus is on systems of production and consumption—in particular the harmful environmental and social impacts of current modes of producing, consuming and disposing of material goods. Our Project is systems-focused, solutions-oriented and change-driven."

Although this isn't a library-specific topic, the Story of Stuff is an excellent topic of research for many grade levels. This might be a good end of the year topic! Some great videos on Electronics, Cap & Trade, and Bottled Water in addition to the classic Story of Stuff.

See more here or visit the site at http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.php or http://www.storyofstuff.com/teach.php.email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-25228387691789570102010-05-10T17:16:00.005+01:002010-05-10T17:53:01.608+01:00The Three Simple C's Of Librarianship

May 3, 2010 - 8:29pm — AndyW from LISNews

"If the three L's of buying a house are "location, location, location", then the three C's of librarianship should be "communication, communication, communication". I don't think what I'm going to list is anything revolutionary; I do think it might be a novel way to remember the basic interactions that keep the library moving forward...
(1) Communication with Patrons (students)
(2) Communication with Staff (teachers)
(3) Communication with Governing Bodies (administration)"

Do you have anything to add to these? I think they cover just about everything, but maybe you have others?

Read the article here or you can visit http://www.lisnews.org/ .
  firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-62604132941994104852010-05-07T16:40:00.003+01:002010-05-10T17:59:06.279+01:00Oregon Says Yes to Free Google Apps for Education

Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 5/3/2010
"In a first-ever move by a state, Oregon has adopted Google Apps for Education for use by all its K–12 school districts.

While universities, including Wesleyan, and select public schools like New York City's IS 339 have adopted the cloud-based suite of collaboration and communication tools, Oregon has become the first state to deploy Google Apps in each of its nearly 200 school districts."

To view the entire article click here or visit SLJ at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com.

Read about Google Apps for Education at http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/k12.html.

It does sound enticing, doesn't it? But what is the real price to pay for schools to have Google offer their Apps for "free"? It could be a boon for budget strapped schools. It could spell the end for Microsoft as we know it. What do you email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-38110064982389555402010-05-07T16:07:00.003+01:002010-05-07T16:14:50.345+01:00School Libraries, Now More Than Ever!

By Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief of School Library Journal

"Are schools adequately preparing students for future challenges?

Not if districts keep cutting school librarians' jobs and slashing their budgets. For some much-needed ammunition, check out "School Libraries, Now More Than Ever" a position paper produced by Rutgers University's Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL). It defends the need for media specialists with five decades of research proving that school libraries help boost student achievement."

View the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries' website at http://cissl.scils.rutgers.edu/index.html and read up on the position paper. You can view School Library Journal here.

This couldn't be more important! Maybe this can be a resource in drafting the school library's role in your school improvement email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-51227147559917361302010-05-06T19:53:00.004+01:002010-05-10T16:42:16.144+01:00Schools Sticking to Cell Phone Ban, Despite Teens' Daily Texting Routine, Study Says

By Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 5/5/2010 2:05:00 PM

"Teens use cell phones and text at rates dramatically higher than years prior—but that doesn't mean that schools have shown any give on allowing students to use the phones in classrooms.

One in three teens between the ages of 12 and 17 send more than 100 text messages a day, or 3,000 a month, as a full 75 percent of all teens now own a cell phone, up from 45 percent in 2004, according to a recent study, "Teens, Cell Phones and Texting," released from the Pew Internet & American Life Project."

It sounds like texting and cell phone use by students is getting out of hand, but schools' responses aren't changing. Is this justified? Maybe there is another way to deal with this issue? Weigh in on this growing problem if you can...

To read more, click here or visit SLJ at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-8947685972376244982010-05-03T20:50:00.001+01:002010-05-03T20:51:49.098+01:00Photobucket!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photobucket.
"Photobucket is an image hosting, video hosting, slideshow creation and photo sharing website. It was founded in 2003 by Alex Welch and Darren Crystal and received funding from Trinity Ventures.[2][3] It was acquired by Fox Interactive Media in 2007..."

 "Photobucket is usually used for personal photographic albums, remote storage of avatars displayed on internet forums, and storage of videos. Photobucket's image hosting is often used for eBay, MySpace (from 2007-2009, a corporate cousin), Bebo, Neopets and Facebook accounts, LiveJournals, Open Diarys, or other blogs, and message boards. Users may keep their albums private, allow password-protected guest access, or open them to the public..."

"Since Photobucket does not allow sexually explicit or objectionable content, they may remove content at their discretion due to violations of their TOS.[8] "

This photo service has a lot of features that may be of interest to you, and it is not blocked by the CPS servers (at least when I got on today). Let me know what you think about this resource- it's pretty powerful! I especially like the slide show feature.

Learn more about Photobucket here.email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-23047675027652369522010-05-03T20:18:00.002+01:002010-05-07T21:11:25.898+01:00Twitter!

Taken from Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter.

"Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Since late 2009, users can follow lists of authors instead of following individual authors.[4][5] All users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS), or external applications (notably including those developed for smartphones). While the service itself costs nothing to use, accessing it through SMS may incur phone service provider fees. The website currently has more than 100 million users worldwide."

Wikipedia's article seemed to say a bit more than Twitter's site about the company. Visit Twitter at http://twitter.com/. Let me know if you think this might be of interest to you in the library or classroom. I have my doubts, depending on the situation of firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-12669928681938949952010-05-03T15:27:00.000+01:002010-05-03T15:27:59.975+01:00NYC's 140 Character Conference Explores Twitter in the Classroom

By Rocco Staino -- School Library Journal, 4/29/2010
"More than 700 Twitter users, including a group of eighth graders who tweet as part of the curriculum, showed up at last week's 140 Character Conference in New York City to explore the effects of the popular microblogging site on music, education, the media, advertising, and politics.

Students from the Sts. Philip and James School in St. James, NY, together with their technology teacher George Haines (@oline73), used drama and song to explain how they use Twitter to enhance the reading of George Orwell's Animal Farm (Secker and Warburg, 1945), a book that was selected by their school librarian Leona Gallagher. Haines then asked students to Tweet while pretending to be characters in the novel."

Cell phones are not required for Twitter, but it seems like they may come in "handy" for an activity like the one mentioned. Anybody interested?

To read the article, click here or visit School Library Journal at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com.email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-90519060090975093862010-04-30T20:33:00.000+01:002010-04-30T20:33:00.342+01:00Libraries Fight Challenges to Graphic Novels

Libraries fight to keep graphic novels on the shelves

Brigid Alverson -- Publishers Weekly, 4/26/2010 6:09:55 PM
"At the recent Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, a librarian from Jessamine County, Kentucky, spoke firsthand about dealing with calls for censorship in his library, and an expert from the American Library Association discussed how to handle challenges to graphic novels at the panel titled "Burn It, Hide It, Misshelve It, Steal It, Ban It! Dealing with Graphic Novel Censorship in Your Library.""

What would you do if books in your collection were being challenged? I hope you're prepared to defend your books! To read more click here or go to http://www.publishersweekly.com.email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-7597341624687303252010-04-30T16:22:00.004+01:002010-04-30T16:24:25.470+01:00Illustrators Join the Fight to Save California School Libraries

By Rocco Staino -- School Library Journal, 4/28/2010 2:05:00 PM

"Graphic novelist Kazu Kibuishi is the latest artist to join the fight to save California's school libraries. He's created an original work of art for librarians and their supporters to get the word out about the drastic budget cuts that have wiped out so many in the profession.

The artwork depicts Miskit, a toy rabbit character from the artist's New York Times bestselling "Amulet" series (Scholastic), reading from a pile of books and proclaiming, "Save California School Libraries." The series, about resistance fighters in a mythical city, have already been optioned for a movie by actor Will Smith."

To read more, click here or visit SLJ at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-47582033435945318082010-04-29T20:30:00.002+01:002010-04-29T20:36:21.874+01:00Cell Phones in the Classroom? Wiffiti Says Yes.

 By Rocco Staino -- School Library Journal, 4/28/2010 2:00:00 PM
"A software app may have educators telling students to take out their cell phones rather than put them away. It's Wiffiti, which takes its name from Wi-Fi and graffiti, and it's been used by thousands in sports stadiums, concerts, gallery openings, corporate conferences, and both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Now it's making its way into the classroom in a big way."

So maybe we should allow cellphones in the library? I'm not so sure, but it sounds interesting. What do you think?

Read the whole article here or visit SLJ at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/.email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-15624389551189876722010-04-29T17:54:00.004+01:002010-04-29T20:15:13.917+01:00When libraries and art collide!

Fourth Grader's Cartoon Creation to Appear in 'Sports Illustrated Kids Graphic Novel'

By SLJ Staff -- School Library Journal, 4/21/2010 2:05:00 PM
"Justin Cox, a fourth grader from Timmerman Elementary School in Pflugerville, TX, will have one of his dreams come true—a fictional cartoon character he created will appear in a "Sports Illustrated Kids Graphic Novel."

Cox was named the first-place winner of Create Your Own Sports Star, a nationwide contest sponsored by Capstone Publishers. The nine-year-old received more than 23,000 votes- or more than 70 percent of the ballots cast- from kids around the country who chose his creation, Dash the Flash, as their favorite character. Professional illustrators then brought his character to life."

Don't you think this is a great idea for an art project in the library?

To read more, click here. Or you can visit SLJ at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-81526249400521524352010-04-28T16:06:00.008+01:002010-04-28T20:43:47.084+01:00eChicago 2010: Seizing the Broadband Moment (Conference)April 30-May 1, 2010

University of Illinois at Chicago's Student Center West

"Bigger than ever, eChicago 2010: Seizing the Broadband Moment will offer over 20 sessions covering the latest updates on how technology is being deployed and used in Chicago and beyond, from a wide variety of perspectives and areas of expertise:

What are the plans for building broadband infrastructure?...How is government using technology to become more transparent?...What about jobs?...How are our communities using technology in transforming themselves?... What are the implications for libraries and media?...What does Wikipedia have to do with any of this?

Take a look at the program posted at http://echicago.illinois.edu, and then come to explore these and other questions on April 30-May 1 at University of Illinois at Chicago's Student Center West.

Keynotes: Hardik Bhatt, City of Chicago CIO; respondent Neville Roy Singham, Executive Chairman, Thoughtworks; Erik Garr, General Manager of the FCC's Omnibus Broadband Initiative; respondent Drew Clark, Executive Director, Partnership for a Connected Illinois"

http://echicago.illinois.edu/

This conference is co-sponsored by the GSLIS departments of the University of Illinois at Urbana and Dominican University.firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-51554133956289825882010-04-27T16:20:00.004+01:002010-04-27T16:36:57.557+01:00ISLMA- Illinois School Library Media Association

ISLMA's mission is "to promote life-long learning by the students of Illinois, ISLMA will provide leadership and support for the development, promotion, and improvement of the school library media profession and programs in Illinois."

ISLMA is a great organization to be a member of! You can register for their 2010 conference "Bridging the Gap" at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL on October 28-30. For more information, click on the link below...

http://www.islma.org/index.phpemail@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-2362676398302583232010-04-26T20:33:00.001+01:002010-04-27T04:28:24.642+01:00Catalyst Chicago: Independent Reporting on School Reform since 1990

Though not a direct news source about libraries and technology, the effects of state funding for schools, school leadership, and student preparation for college are all important issues to us as educators. Catalyst Chicago brings up some great news stories and forces us to closely examine how our schools are moving forward and what challenges we face as teachers in Chicago.

http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/index.phpfirstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777742506190165492.post-13259436077121734632010-04-24T07:06:00.002+01:002010-04-28T16:19:01.088+01:00Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College by Doug Lemov

"Teach Like a Champion offers effective teaching techniques to help teachers, especially those in their first few years, become champions in the classroom. These powerful techniques are concrete, specific, and are easy to put into action the very next day. Training activities at the end of each chapter help the reader further their understanding through reflection and application of the ideas to their own practice.
Among the techniques:

 Technique #1: No Opt Out. How to move students from the blank stare or stubborn shrug to giving the right answer every time.

 Technique #35: Do It Again. When students fail to successfully complete a basic task?from entering the classroom quietly to passing papers around?doing it again, doing it right, and doing it perfectly, results in the best consequences.

 Technique #38: No Warnings. If you're angry with your students, it usually means you should be angry with yourself. This technique shows how to effectively address misbehaviors in your classroom."

I'm not sure I like "how to" books for teaching, but maybe this one actually shares some useful ideas.

You can see more details from Pressie.com here.firstname.lastname@example.com


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Today I will be reviewing the entry in Reformation Trust's "St Andrews Expositional Commentary" series, Mark.
This entry, like others in the series, is a written by RC Sproul, and represents his experience preaching through various books of the Bible. Unlike other commentaries, this passage tends to focus on large pericopes rather than taking a smaller granular approach. This is not to say that it is not detailed, just that it breaks the text up into larger portions than more technical commentaries.
Overall, I was a little disappointed going into the book. However, I don't think this was a result of anything faulty with the book itself, more with my expectations. As someone holding multiple degrees in Biblical Studies and Theology, I have a lot of experiences with technical commentaries. What I was expecting was an in depth analysis of sentence structure, grammatical notes, and copious amounts of citations.
That is not what I found. The book speaks very little about any of those things, and there are almost no citations in the text.
What this work represents more is a collection of Dr Sproul's personal notes (which clearly reflect lots of study) on the book. He does at times discuss original language, but more often than not what you are getting is a distilled version of what he would preach on a Sunday morning. Another good comparison might be to view these as an expanded version of the notes one might find in an average study Bible.
While this may not be extremely helpful to a pastor or scholar who is preparing an in depth exegetical paper or sermon, it would likely be very helpful to someone who is reading the text and would like clarification on a particular section.
I would recommend this book to lay persons who do not wish to purchase a full blown technical commentary, or do not feel that the technical commentary is accessible enough. It would also make a great addition to the library of a small group leader or lay Bible study leader. The commentary in the work is easy to access and reflects a genuine exposition of the text, however it is not sufficiently detailed enough to be beneficial to someone who has formal training in the area.
Please note: Reformation Trust / Ligonier Ministries has provided me with an electronic version of this book for review purposes, and will be providing me with a hard copy edition in exchange for this review. They do not require positive reviews, nor have they edited or modified this review in any way.