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Lotte World, a major entertainment and recreation complex located in Seoul, is among the most popular themed destinations in Asia. It consists of South Korea's largest indoor theme park, as well as an outdoor amusement park known as Magic Island, which is built on an artificial island in the middle of Seokchon Lake.
Visitors arriving at Magic Island are first greeted by the imposing Magic Castle, widely acknowledged as the most famous landmark in the outdoor theme park. The 41-meter-high (134.5 foot) structure is distinguished by its medieval-style towers with signature blue tiles and white brick exteriors, and it serves as the gateway to 17 exhilarating attractions such as Atlantis, Gyro Swing, and Gyro Drop.
In a move to rejuvenate major attractions and reinforce its position as South Korea's leading themed entertainment destination, Lotte World chose Christie's projection, auto calibration, image processing and SDVoE solutions to bring the iconic Magic Castle to life with a new 3D multimedia mapping show, titled "Magic Castle Lights Up".
This highly impactful, graphic-based nighttime spectacular was designed by international digital design company d'strict and based on the formative characteristics of Lotte World Magic Castle's architectural structure. The amazing visuals are accomplished using three Christie D4K40-RGB pure laser projectors, Christie Mystique™ – Large Scale Experience (LSE) Edition, two Christie Pandoras Box servers, a Pandoras Box Manager and Widget Designer, as well as three sets of Christie Terra transmitters and receivers. They were installed by Christie's trusted partner Star Networks, which has delivered several highly-acclaimed large scale projects in Korea.
"We are excited to harness the latest technologies from Christie to deliver a fascinating 3D multimedia mapping show on the façade of Magic Castle," says a spokesperson from Lotte World. "This is a spellbinding nighttime show that lights up our iconic landmark with Lotte World's most beloved characters. We are also proud to be the first theme park in the world to use Christie Mystique for outdoor 3D projection mapping."
The spokesperson comments that "Magic Castle Lights Up", which runs nightly at 8:30pm for approximately six minutes, offers a great opportunity for the theme park to create interesting and diverse spaces, providing easier access to exciting media contents that heighten the visitor experience.
A fully integrated solution
"This is the first time that Christie Mystique LSE Edition has been deployed for a large-scale outdoor projection mapping spectacle in Korea," says S.W. Ham, General Manager, Star Networks. "We are confident that the integrated suite of Christie solutions are perfect for this venue as they have an excellent track record in terms of performance, level of integration and dependability."
And rightly so, since Christie Mystique LSE Edition is designed to provide the ultimate level of control for the most demanding multi-projector systems, reducing the time required for image configuration, alignment, warping and blending – processes that can take hours of painstaking work for multi-projector arrays.
Just as work on the project was about to commence, South Korea was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in lockdowns of certain places, introduction of tight travel restrictions and a slowdown in the flow of goods and services.
"Inevitably, the project had to be delayed because of this unprecedented situation," Ham recalls. "So we re-strategized our plans by establishing regular technical exchange with Christie's engineers through e-mail and remote support to accomplish various tasks. It wasn't easy, but it was possible to smoothly proceed with pre-coordination and on-site settings to solve the issues we encountered."
Living up to expectations
Experiencing the performance of Christie's leading-edge solutions firsthand was one of the greatest satisfactions of this project, says Ham, noting that planners and digital artists were very eager to check out the award-winning Christie D4K40-RGB, which packs 4K resolution, 45,000 ISO lumens, and omnidirectional capabilities into an all-in-one chassis.
They were blown away by what they saw.
"The D4K40-RGB projectors really lived up to expectations and displayed truly stunning visuals on-site which captivated the production crew. Likewise, Christie's powerful content management and AV-over-IP solutions also delivered amazing results. The Pandoras Box servers are able to handle a large amount of 3D content robustly without any delay, while Terra accurately transmitted the video signals to the projectors through an optical cable without interference."
All systems comprising video, sound, lighting, and special effects are automatically linked using the Christie Widget Designer, and visual monitoring is achieved via a user-friendly GUI. Alignment issues related to multi-projector systems have also been eliminated with Christie Mystique LSE Edition. With a single click, it detects any changes in projector or camera position and automatically corrects the blended image to ensure perfect alignment for every show.
The system's ease of use and reliability translates into a more efficient deployment of manpower at Lotte World, with only 2-3 operators needed to execute the show on a daily basis.
A breathtaking spectacle
On 1 August 2020, "Magic Castle Lights Up" finally made its highly-anticipated debut, delivering a breathtaking spectacle that creates an illusion of a moving Magic Castle that morphs into numerous forms. A variety of music spanning various genres completes the soundtrack, and fills the night of Magic Island with an air of enchantment.
"I'm really pleased that the outstanding contents designed by d'strict, combined with Christie's integrated solutions, have accomplished a spectacular show," says Ham. "All parties involved in this massive project are very satisfied with the end results."
Lotte World's spokesperson adds, "Unlike existing projection mapping, Christie Mystique is capable of combining visual solutions and 3D technology to deliver a more accurate and realistic media production. We are impressed by Mystique's ability to accurately adjust the focus of multiple projectors, so it is considered a very satisfactory technology for a large-scale outdoor projection."
Acknowledging that the integrated solutions installed for 'Magic Castle Lights Up' have enabled Lotte World to successfully develop a more realistic and differentiated 3D projection mapping show, the spokesperson concludes, "In the future, Lotte World will be reborn as a world-class theme park representing Korea, where visitors can experience realistic media content through the co-existence of analog and digital technologies."


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Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports Due April 1
- Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline—April 1
Affected States: Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
- FCC Form 396 EEO Report—April 2 for Radio Stations in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee
By April 1, 2012, radio and television Station Employment Units in the listed states must prepare and place in their Public Inspection File and post on their website, if they have one, their FCC Annual EEO Public File Report. A Station Employment Unit (SEU) is a group of stations, under common control, serving a common area and sharing at least one employee. If an SEU includes stations in different states or territories with different filing deadlines, the SEU can select which filing deadline it will use. Once selected, the Annual Report filing deadline should be consistently applied for all future EEO Annual Reports. The states with the April 1 EEO Public File Report deadline are: Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
Special Note: FCC Form 396 EEO Report Required on April 2 for Radio Stations in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee In addition to preparing the Annual EEO Program Report by April 1, all radio stations in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee must also prepare and file electronically with the Commission an FCC Form 396 EEO Report by April 2, in connection with their license renewal applications. Please note, as April 1 is a Sunday, the deadline for filing the FCC Form 396 with the FCC is extended to the next business day, April 2nd. The Form 396 certifies to the licensee's continuing compliance with the EEO rules, and provides the FCC with copies of the Station Employment Unit's two most recent Annual EEO Program Reports (the reports from this year and last year). Furthermore, the Form 396 is required as part of the license renewal process, and is an important part of both the station's compliance with the EEO rules and the Commission's monitoring procedures. As April 2, 2012, marks the license renewal filing deadline for radio stations in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, these stations will need to prepare and file an FCC Form 396 EEO Report by that date. |
Background on EEO requirements
The FCC's EEO rule requires all radio and television SEUs, regardless of staff size, to afford equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and to practice nondiscrimination in employment. The Annual EEO Public File Report summarizes the activities of SEUs with five or more full-time employees ("Nonexempt SEUs") that demonstrate compliance with the FCC's three-pronged outreach requirements.
All Nonexempt SEUs must comply with the following "prongs" of the EEO outreach requirements:
(1) broadly and inclusively disseminate information about every full-time job opening except in exigent circumstances (commonly referred to as the requirement for " Wide Dissemination"); (2) send notifications of full-time job vacancies to recruitment organizations that have requested notice; and (3) participate in a specified number of outreach initiatives (so-called "Supplemental Efforts") from the FCC's menu of such options during each of the four two-year segments that comprise a station's eight-year license term.
The Supplemental Efforts must be conducted even if a station has had no job openings in the prior year in an effort to educate the community as to the types of jobs available at broadcast stations, the training and qualifications required for such jobs, and the way in which people can find out about and apply for broadcast openings.
The specifics of these rules are complex, and the requirements must be carefully observed, as the FCC has recently fined stations who have overlooked their obligations.
Annual EEO Public File Report deadline, contents
By April 1, 2012, all Nonexempt SEUs of radio and television stations, including Class A television stations, licensed to communities in the states and territories listed above, must: (1) place their Annual EEO Public File Report in the public inspection files of all stations comprising the SEU; and (2) post the Report on their websites, if any station in the SEU has a website.
The Annual EEO Public File Report summarizes the Nonexempt SEU's EEO activities during the previous 12 months, and it must include the following:
- A list of all full-time vacancies filled during the preceding year, identified by job title.
- A list of the recruitment source(s) used to fill each of those vacancies (including organizations that specifically requested notification of all job vacancies pursuant to Prong 2 of the EEO outreach rules), including the address, contact person and telephone number for each source. Prong 2 sources should be specifically identified.
- An identification of the recruitment source that referred the person hired for each full-time vacancy.
- Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for full-time vacancies during the preceding year, and the total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source during the year (be careful to insure that the number of interviewees broken down by recruitment source equals the number you give for the total number of interviewees during the preceding year).
- A list and brief description of Prong 3 menu options implemented during the preceding year. The list should be sufficiently detailed so as to demonstrate that each activity involved a substantial and meaningful commitment of staff time to the particular activity by SEU employees.
There is no FCC form for the Annual EEO Public File Report. Nonexempt SEUs may use any format that clearly provides the required information. For example, if a Nonexempt SEU used the same recruitment sources for all its vacancies, it may maintain a single list of those sources, which indicates that they were used for all vacancies. If a Nonexempt SEU used different sources for different vacancies, it may maintain a master list of all its sources and use a cross-reference system to show which sources were used for which vacancies. For a model Public Inspection File Report, which can be tailored by your station to reflect your station practices, please see Appendix A.
According to the FCC rules, the Annual EEO Public File Report covers activities during the period from
April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012. However, the FCC has issued a public notice allowing nonexempt SEUs to opt to "cut off" the reporting period up to 10 days before March 31. This gives the SEU a period of time in which to prepare the report and place it in the public file, and upload it to the website, before the April 1 deadline. If you elect to use this 10-day grace period, be sure that the next reporting period begins the day after the cut-off date that you select. For example, if the Nonexempt SEU has cut off the reporting as of March 25, 2012, for this year's report, then next year the Nonexempt SEU must use the period beginning on March 26, 2012, for the 2013 report.
Job openings must be "widely disseminated"
In several recent decisions, the FCC made clear that wide dissemination of information about job opportunities at broadcast stations cannot be achieved solely by posting information about job openings on websites. Instead, the FCC's decisions make clear that additional recruitment sources must be used in order to ensure that the notice of the job opening reaches all groups within a community. As a result of the failure to widely disseminate information about job openings, as well as other EEO rule infractions found in these cases, the FCC imposed fines ranging from $3,000 to $12,000.
On a practical level this means that simply using internal station sources plus online postings, walk-ins, and referrals, is insufficient to assure wide dissemination under the FCC's EEO rules. To avoid this problem, broadcasters must use some other traditional sources (e.g., employment agencies, community groups, educational institutions, local newspapers, and the stations airwaves), to ensure that they meet the Commission's wide dissemination requirements.
If outreach is not documented, it did not happen
Records documenting performance under the EEO Rule are critical because the Commission will not allow credits for Menu Option Initiatives that are not reported in an SEU's Annual EEO Public File Report nor adequately documented. We recommend that stations have communications counsel review their draft report, including supporting material, prior to placing it in the public file. The Commission enforces the EEO rules through review at the time of license renewal, at mid-term for larger broadcasters, and through random audits and targeted investigations resulting from information received as to possible violations.
The Commission selects for audit approximately 5 percent of all licensees in the radio and television services each year. The random audits check for compliance with the requirements outlined in this update, and are planned to continue indefinitely. The FCC's Public Notices listing audited stations are available at www.fcc.gov/mb/policy/eeo.
FCC Form 395-B
In the past, FCC Form 395-B, the Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report, was due by Sept. 30. In 2004, the FCC readopted the requirement that Form 395-B be filed with the FCC by that date each year. However, the FCC has put the filing requirement on hold until it determines if the information gathered by the Form 395-B will be available for public review, or if it will be kept confidential and used only by the FCC for compiling overall industry statistics. While the issue of confidentiality is being considered, no filing deadline has been established. Thus, the FCC never gave notice of a date for the filing of the 2004 or 2005 reports, and has not yet said anything about a deadline for any 2012 Form 395-B. Unless such a date is announced, no Form 395-B filing is due in 2012.
This update can only briefly summarize the detailed requirements of the EEO Public Inspection File Report. For more information on your obligations, and practical compliance advice, please contact any of the lawyers in the Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Broadcast group.
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Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced some much needed changes to the immigration detention system. The ICE detention system, which has grown dramatically over the last several years, currently has 32,000 detention beds available at any given time, which are spread over 350 facilities across the country. ICE owns and operates their own facilities, and also rents bed space from county and city prisons and jails. These prisons and jails house serious criminals, yet immigration detainees—including asylum seekers, legal immigrants, victims of human trafficking, and immigrants with no criminal records—are mixed in with the local prison population.
Assistant Secretary John Morton of ICE announced that, effective immediately, ICE would create an Office of Detention Policy and Planning (ODPP), hire experts in healthcare administration and detention management as well as medical experts, hire detention managers to work in 23 of their most significant facilities, establish an Office of Detention Oversight (ODO), and create advisory groups to provide input and feedback. Finally, Morton announced that the T. Don Hutto Family Residential Facility in Texas would no longer be used to detain families. All of these changes are meant to design a new civil detention system that does not rely on the criminal detention system, and to provide better mechanisms to monitor and oversee civil rights, health care, detention conditions, and other aspects of the system.
Today's announcement is a welcome departure from past detention practices which have led to an ever-expanding detained immigrant population. Over the course of a year, approximately 400,000 immigrants are detained. An Associated Press report found that on January 25, 2009 the immigration detainee population was exactly 32,000. More than 18,000 of these detainees had no criminal conviction, and more than 400 detainees with no criminal record had been incarcerated for at least a year. Nearly 10,000 detainees had been in custody longer than 31 days. According to Detention Watch Network, the average cost of detaining an immigrant is $99 per person/per day.
Numerous reports have harshly criticized immigration detention conditions. Several focused on increasing numbers of preventable deaths in immigration detention. Others have reported that U.S. citizens have been wrongly detained. Most recently, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights called detention conditions "unacceptable," and the National Immigration Law Center, the ACLU of Southern California, and Holland & Knight law firm published a system-wide report that found that "fundamental violations of basic human rights and notions of dignity" and calling for a halt to any further expansion of the current detention system.
Today's DHS report follows the introduction of legislation by Senators Menendez, Gillibrand, and Kennedy that would reform the detention system, increase oversight, and protect vulnerable populations.
While improvements to the detention system are necessary and welcomed, it is important to recognize that detaining immigrants is not a long-term solution to a broken immigration system. The U.S. cannot continue to use detention as an answer to any question. The U.S. already has the largest incarcerated population in the world. Locking up large numbers of people for violations of civil immigration laws is certainly no substitute for a functional legal immigration system, the advent of which would go a long way in preventing further human rights and detention violations.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Spacewalking astronauts equipped the International Space Station with the first in a series of powerful new solar panels Sunday, overcoming suit problems and other obstacles with muscle and persistence.
It took two spacewalks for French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough to install and unfurl the panel to its full 63 feet (19 meters) in length.
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The solar wing unrolled like a red carpet once the final set of bolts was released, relying solely on pent-up energy. The slow but steady extension took 10 minutes, with station cameras providing live TV views.
"It is beautiful," Pesquet called out.
"Well done, both of you," Mission Control replied once the operation was complete. "That was great to see."
As the 6 1/2-hour spacewalk concluded, Kimbrough, who has three children, wished "Happy Father's Day" to all the flight controller dads. "Thanks for working with us on a Sunday."
The astronauts started Sunday's spacewalk picking up where they left off Wednesday, when a string of problems prevented them from unrolling the high-tech solar panel.
"Remember: You are butterflies with biceps today," astronaut Megan McArthur radioed from inside.
After pushing and tugging, the spacewalkers managed to unfold and align the solar panel so both halves were now end to end, resembling a roll of paper towels. Their shout of "Woo-hoo!" was met with applause in Mission Control.
The two had to wait until they were back on the night side of Earth — and the station's old solar panels were no longer soaking up sunlight and generating power — before making the final power connections. Otherwise, they could be shocked.
While awaiting darkness, the camera-and-light assembly on Kimbrough's helmet came loose, even though he'd switched to a different suit to avoid the trouble he encountered last time. Pesquet did his best to secure it with wire ties, as the minutes ticked by. His effort paid off, and the final step — the actual unfurling — went off without a hitch.
This new solar wing — with five more to come — will give the aging station a much needed electrical boost, as demand for experiments and space tourists grows.
NASA originally allotted two spacewalks for the job — one for each solar panel being installed. But managers added a third spacewalk, given all the earlier problems. Pesquet and Kimbrough will go back out Friday to complete work on the second panel delivered by Space X earlier this month.
This first pair will augment the space station's oldest solar wings, which are degrading after 20 years of continuous operation.
SpaceX will deliver two more pairs over the next year.
Although smaller than the originals, the new solar panels supplied by Boeing can generate considerably more power. The space station needs this reenergizing if NASA hopes to keep the space station running the rest of this decade, with private guests paying millions of dollars to come aboard.
A Russian film crew is scheduled to launch to the orbiting outpost this fall from Kazakhstan, followed by a string of rich businessmen. SpaceX is providing the rides from Cape Canaveral.
On Wednesday, the display control panel on Kimbrough's suit conked out and he had to return to the air lock to reset it. Then his cooling system registered a momentary pressure spike. Engineers are still evaluating what went wrong.
"Space is hard," Kimbrough tweeted last week.
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Whether you are an expectant parent or grandparent, one thing you might not think about before the baby arrives is preparing your dog for the new arrival. That's where a "dog doula" can help.
What should have been a happy time to bring a new baby into the family was a bit stressful for Laurisa Truemper. She was nervous about introducing her dog to her baby, Hazel.
"Dogs are a part of the family so when you get a new member, you don't think of getting rid of a family member," Truemper said. "You are just hoping everyone is going to get along."
Her dog Ruby has always been a good dog. But Tanya Lim, the owner of Family Pupz in Denver, says a dog is still a dog. We should never assume it won't bite.
Lim calls herself a "dog doula."
"As a doggy doula I support dog training for expecting families," Lim said.
Lim tells her clients to observe how their dog behaves around the baby.
If it yawns, looks away, licks its lips, its ears go up or it has tension in the face, those are all signs of aggression or anxiety.
"A lot of times when there is a bite, people will say the bite came out of nowhere," Lim says. "However, if you observe footage of the dog you will see the dog was giving warning signs."
To avoid a scary situation, Lim says to set up baby gates around the house. Never leave the baby and dog alone together. Also, place the dog crate in another room away from the baby. And never yell at the dog when you see aggressive behavior.
After a few easy adjustments given by Lim, Truemper noticed a big difference in behavior from Ruby. But she understands she will have to help her daughter Hazel act safely around Ruby as well.


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Hot on the heels of the announcement of the competition films a few days ago, we now know what movies will be premiering in Park City at the Sundance Film Festival next year. Among them are biopics of Steve Jobs and Linda Lovelace, profiles of Dick Cheney, Jeremy Lin, and the Hemingways, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, the new installment in Richard Linklater's Before… romance series, and much more. Take a gander at the full lineup of non-competition films below. The Festival will run January 17-27 next year.
A.C.O.D. / U.S.A. (Director: Stuart Zicherman, Screenwriters: Ben Karlin, Stuart Zicherman) — Carter is a well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce. So he thinks. When he discovers he was part of a divorce study as a child, it wreaks havoc on his family and forces him to face his chaotic past. Cast: Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O'Hara, Amy Poehler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clark Duke.
Before Midnight/ U.S.A. (Director: Richard Linklater, Screenwriters: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater— We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna. Before the clock strikes midnight, we will again become part of their story. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Ariane Labed, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick.
Big Sur / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Michael Polish) — Unable to cope with a suddenly demanding public and battling advanced alcoholism, Jack Kerouac seeks respite in three brief sojourns to a cabin in Big Sur, which reveal his mental and physical deterioration. Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell, Anthony Edwards, Henry Thomas.
Breathe In / U.S.A. (Director: Drake Doremus, Screenwriters: Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones) — When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever. Cast: Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan, Mackenzie Davis.
Don Jon's Addiction / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Joseph Gordon-Levitt) — In Joseph Gordon-Levitt's charming directorial debut, a selfish modern-day Don Juan attempts to change his ways. Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, Rob Brown.
The East / U.S.A. (Director: Zal Batmanglij, Screenwriters: Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling) — An operative for an elite private intelligence firm goes into deep cover to infiltrate a mysterious anarchist collective attacking major corporations. Bent on apprehending these fugitives, she finds her loyalty tested as her feelings grow for the group's charismatic leader. Cast: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez, Patricia Clarkson.
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete / U.S.A. (Director: George Tillman Jr., Screenwriter: Michael Starrbury) — Separated from their mothers and facing a summer in the Brooklyn projects alone, two boys hide from police and forage for food, with only each other to trust. A story of salvation through friendship and two boys against the world. Cast: Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Anthony Mackie, Jeffrey Wright.
jOBS / U.S.A. (Director: Joshua Michael Stern, Screenwriter: Matt Whiteley) — The true story of one of the greatest entrepreneurs in American history, jOBSchronicles the defining 30 years of Steve Jobs' life. jOBS is a candid, inspiring and personal portrait of the one who saw things differently. Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Modine.
The Look of Love / United Kingdom (Director: Michael Winterbottom, Screenwriter: Matt Greenhalgh) — The true story of British adult magazine publisher and entrepreneur Paul Raymond. A modern day King Midas story, Raymond became one of the richest men in Britain at the cost of losing those closest to him. Cast: Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots, Tamsin Egerton.
Lovelace / U.S.A. (Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Screenwriter: Andy Bellin) — Deep Throat, the first pornographic feature film to be a mainstream success, was an international sensation in 1972 and made its star, Linda Lovelace, a media darling. Years later the "poster girl for the sexual revolution" revealed a darker side to her story. Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Adam Brody, James Franco, Sharon Stone.
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman / U.S.A. (Director: Fredrik Bond, Screenwriter: Matt Drake) — Traveling abroad, Charlie Countryman falls for Gabi, a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in Nigel, her violent, charismatic ex. As the darkness of Gabi's past increasingly envelops him, Charlie resolves to win her heart, or die trying. Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Rupert Grint, James Buckley, Til Schweiger.
Prince Avalanche / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: David Gordon Green) — Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind. Cast: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch.
Stoker / U.S.A. (Director: Park Chan-Wook, Screenwriter: Wentworth Miller) — After India's father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie comes to live with her and her mother, Evelyn. Soon after his arrival, India suspects that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives but becomes increasingly infatuated with him. Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Nicole Kidman.
Sweetwater / U.S.A. (Directors: Logan Miller, Noah Miller, Screenwriter: Andrew McKenzie) — In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory. Cast: Ed Harris, January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Eduardo Noriega, Steven Rude, Amy Madigan.
Top of the Lake / Australia, New Zealand (Directors: Jane Campion, Garth Davis, Screenwriters: Jane Campion, Gerard Lee) — A 12-year-old girl stands chest deep in a frozen lake. She is five months pregnant, and won't say who the father is. Then she disappears. So begins a haunting mystery that consumes a community. Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Holly Hunter, Peter Mullan, David Wenham. This six-hour film will screen once during the Festival.
Two Mothers / Australia, France (Director: Anne Fontaine, Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton) — This gripping tale of love, lust and the power of friendship charts the unconventional and passionate affairs of two lifelong friends who fall in love with each other's sons. Cast: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frechevile.
Very Good Girls / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Naomi Foner) — In the long, half-naked days of a New York summer, two girls on the brink of becoming women fall for the same guy and find that life isn't as simple or safe as they had thought. Cast: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Boyd Holbrook, Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin.
The Way, Way Back / U.S.A. (Directors and screenwriters: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) — Duncan, an introverted 14-year-old, comes into his own over the course of a comedic summer when he forms unlikely friendships with the gregarious manager of a rundown water park and the misfits who work there.Cast: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph, Liam James.
ANITA / U.S.A. (Director: Freida Mock) — Anita Hill, an African-American woman, charges Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment in explosive Senate hearings in 1991 – bringing sexual politics into the national consciousness and fueling 20 years of international debate on the issues.
The Crash Reel / U.S.A. (Director: Lucy Walker) — The jaw-dropping story of one unforgettable athlete, Kevin Pearce; one eye-popping sport, snowboarding; and one explosive issue, traumatic brain injury. An epic rivalry between Kevin and Shaun White culminates in a life-changing crash and a comeback story with a difference.
History of the Eagles / U.S.A. (Director: Alison Ellwood) — Using never-before-seen home movies, archival footage and new interviews with all current and former members of the Eagles, this documentary provides an intimate look into the history of the band and the legacy of their music.
Linsanity / U.S.A. (Director: Evan Leong) — Jeremy Lin came from a humble background to make an unbelievable run in the NBA. State high school champion, all-Ivy League at Harvard, undrafted by the NBA and unwanted there: his story started long before he landed on Broadway.
Pandora's Promise / U.S.A. (Director: Robert Stone) — A growing number of environmentalists are renouncing decades of antinuclear orthodoxy and have come to believe that the most feared and controversial technology known to mankind is probably our greatest hope.
Running from Crazy / U.S.A. (Director: Barbara Kopple) — Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, strives for a greater understanding of her family history of suicide and mental illness. As tragedies are explored and deeply hidden secrets are revealed, Mariel searches for a way to overcome a similar fate.
Sound City / U.S.A. (Director: Dave Grohl) — Through interviews and performances with the legendary musicians and producers who worked at America's greatest unsung recording studio, Sound City, we explore the human element of music, and the lost art of analog recording in an increasingly digital world.
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks / U.S.A. (Director: Alex Gibney) — The definitive story of Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks, WE STEAL SECRETS explores the people and events behind the upstart website that rocked the U.S. government, ushered in a new era of transparency and ignited an information war.
When I Walk / U.S.A., Canada (Director: Jason DaSilva) — At 25, filmmaker and artist Jason DaSilva finds out he has a severe form of multiple sclerosis. This film shares his personal and grueling journey over the next seven years. Along the way, an unlikely miracle changes everything.
Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington / U.S.A. (Director: Sebastian Junger) — Shortly after the release of his documentary Restrepo, photographer Tim Hetherington was killed in Libya. Colleague Sebastian Junger traces Hetherington's work across the world's battlefields to reveal how he transcended the boundaries of image-making to become a luminary in his profession.
The World According to Dick Cheney / U.S.A. (Directors: R.J. Cutler, Greg Finton) — Dick Cheney is the most powerful, most controversial and in his words, "most consequential" Vice President in American history. This dramatic and intimate examination of Cheney's life, career, relationships and worldview features interviews with Cheney and those closest to him.


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Application process
Dream Foundation's online application process is quick, easy and secure. You can start filling in your application now, save your work, and complete it later. You will receive a unique applicant number which allows you to access your application at any time you want.
With just 1 online application you can apply to different universities in different countries. We advise you to start with the process as soon as possible so that everything would be ready on time.
There are some basic requirements you should keep in mind before start filling in your application.
- You will graduate from secondary school / university this year or have already graduated.
- You want to study and develop yourself in a new environment.
- You are able to write and communicate in the language the studies are conducted in.
How to apply to a foreign university?
1. Check out different UNIVERSITIES and STUDY PROGRAMMES at www.dreamfoundation.eu
Find a programme that interests you. You can use the programme search to check all the different opportunities you have. Next to the programmes you will find additional information about them and also button to start the application.
NB! If you are not sure which university or programme to choose, try taking a career test for inspiration http://dreamfoundation.eu/career-test/ and then agree a time for a consultation.
2. Contact your local Dream Foundation office for a FREE CONSULTATION
Most of the people in our team have a foreign experience themselves and are real fans of studies abroad. Contact us for a consultation and we are happy to help you in choosing a suitable study programme and university according to your interest, academic results and level of English.
3. TAKE the English language TEST
Depending from the university you can prove your level of English with:
- English state exam results
- CAE, TOELF, IELTS exam
- TESA test
- No of English hours in high school
It is strongly advised that you already have your English test results when submitting the application. For more information check out the language test section on our homepage or contact us.
4. COMPLETE the online application FORM
In the online application form you have to submit personal information, academic results and a reference(s) from your teacher(s). We advise to submit the application at the first possibility so that there would be enough time to look everything through and make corrections if needed.
Documents required for the application:
- If you have graduated from high school, you will generally need to submit a copy of the high school diploma, final grades and your exam results. If you are in the final year of your secondary school you will have to attach your diploma to the online application form as soon as you have received it. You need to use the Dream Foundation grade transcript templates, available from here:
- An academic reference (recommendation letter) in English from your teacher is normally required. If you are not a student anymore, you can ask the letter of recommendation from a former teacher. You will be able to request the references using the online application form.
- A scanned copy of a passport (preferably at least two years to expiry date) also needs to be provided. Most institutions nowadays accept ID cards, but we recommend adding a copy of the passport.
Some courses may require additional documents to be attached to the application - specific instructions are given in the course description.
5. WAIT for OFFERS from the universities
After the successful completion of the previous stages, you will receive an official letter of acceptance from the university you applied to. The letter of acceptance can be conditional or unconditional. *
Conditional Letter of Acceptance. In case you have received a conditional letter of acceptance please look for the conditions in the letter that you have to fulfil to be fully accepted. Typically, the conditions are just formalities and easy to meet.
Unconditional Letter of Acceptance or just Letter of Acceptance says that you have been accepted.
When you have received the letter of acceptance and there are no conditions that you are not able to fulfil, we recommend you to start preparing for your life abroad straight away.
… and finally GO STUDY ABROAD!
Tips for applying
- We advise you to contact your local Dream Foundation office for a consultation to find the most suitable study programme and university.
- Take the language test at the first opportunity. Different universities require different tests but in many cases you can do Dream Foundation's TESA English test.
- Add no more than 3-4 study programmes from up to 2 countries to your application.
- Submit your application as early as possible so there will be enough time to make corrections if necessary.
- You can submit the application while still studying in the final year of secondary school – just add your final diploma when you get it.
- Don't choose a university or programme based on a name that sounds good but do your homework! Criminology is not what you see from CSI and "London" in the university name doesn't always mean high quality.
Privacy. Your privacy is very important to us and you can be assured that the information inserted on your application will be kept strictly secure and transferred only to the universities that you have chosen on your application.
Mistakes. If it occurs that there are mistakes on your application and the application cannot be accepted, we'll send you further instructions how to correct everything.
NB! We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.


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Nadal: best of all time?
It's gotta be weird for Roger Federer. Last year at this time, people were saying that he was the best tennis player of all time. Now, near the top of his game and height of his powers, he might not even be the best current tennis player. And if you look at the statistics, Rafael Nadal may turn out to be the best tennis player ever.
Federer won his first Grand Slam title at age 21 and, by his 23rd birthday, had won two more. Sampras had won four by that age. Nadal is well ahead of that pace, having won his first Grand Slam at the precocious age of 18. The Australian was Nadal's sixth and he will be a prohibitive favorite to capture his fifth consecutive French Open just a few days after he turns 23 in June.


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My 5,000-word fascination with mannequins resurfaces
This was a stunning blast from the past, courtesy of Joel Griswold last night. He was a source in this 1979 cover story I wrote for the old Sunday magazine at the AJC. It's well over 5,000 words, I think. Yes, that's 5000 words on mannequins.
My few years under contract with the magazine were the best gig I ever had. Editor Nancy Smith encouraged me to write as many words about as many bizarre topics as I chose. She even paid me an ideas fee, since I couldn't possibly write every story that came to mind.
There are very few places you can write anything of depth with a strong narrative these days. The death of what's now called long-form writing began in the mid-80s with the advent of USA Today, whose founding editor, Ron Martin, became AJC editor around 1989. I remember Mr. Steve Murray, the theatre critic, telling me writing more than six inches became an exhautsting rarity there.
When everything turned into 750-word stories, journalism became uninteresting to me and that's why I went back to school for a master's and PhD in psychology — probably a mistake. I recently saw a list of the least financially rewarding degrees. Number 1 is journalism. Number 2 is psychology. I presume these are undergrad degrees, but I'm living proof of the list's general accuracy.
As I've often said, I want a third career as a cat sitter. In seriousness, I've become weirdly fascinated with human relationships with other species — how they see us. I suspect they have more complex feelings than mannequins do, but then again, mannequins are like human rorschachs. How we see them from moment to moment is a reflection of our own changing perceptions.
Anyway, thanks to Joel for adding another memento to my nostalgic ruminations.


text: Even before the first musical theatre production meeting you want to be thoroughly familiar with the show and develop your vision the choreography. After that comes the collaborative process, involving all of the show's directors, and then… auditions! This article, a companion to our earlier post Approaching Choreography for Musical Theatre helps take you through and successfully navigate this terrain.


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Born in Atchelitz, BC, Albert (Bert) Clifford (1916-2008) married in 1939 and after the war studied photography before moving to Mission in 1947 to start a business with his wife Madge. Within a year of establishing The Clifford Studio, the devastating flood waters of the Fraser River in 1948 seriously impacted the business. Being one of the few photographers in the community, however, Bert set out equipped with his camera to document the historic event, capturing the catastrophic destruction in Mission and adjacent communities. A number of his images were published in Nature's Fury: The inside Story of the Disastrous BC Floods.
In the ensuing years, he was able to rebuild his business and in 1953 opened a new studio claimed to be the largest one in British Columbia at the time. Due to the post-war baby boom, photographing babies became a primary focus of the business along with bridal photography. Bert supplemented his income with press photography providing the majority of the images for the Fraser Valley Record newspaper between the 1947 and 1959 which documented day to day life in the community and events such as celebrations, funerals and weddings. After Clifford Studios closed down in 1966, Bert embarked on a new career in real estate, retiring in 1984.
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European Southern Observatory | 2011 Jun 01
ESO astronomers have used the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope to capture an image of NGC 6744. This impressive spiral galaxy lies about 30 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Pavo (The Peacock). But this view could almost be a picture postcard of our own Milky Way, taken and sent by an extragalactic friend, as this galaxy closely resembles our own.
We see NGC 6744 almost face on, meaning we get a dramatic bird's eye view of the galaxy's structure. If we had the technology to escape the Milky Way and could look down on it from intergalactic space, this view is close to the one we would see — striking spiral arms wrapping around a dense, elongated nucleus and a dusty disc. There is even a distorted companion galaxy — NGC 6744A, seen here as a smudge to the lower right of NGC 6744, which is reminiscent of one of the Milky Way's neighbouring Magellanic Clouds.
One difference between NGC 6744 and the Milky Way is their size. While our galaxy is roughly 100 000 light-years across, the galaxy pictured here extends to almost twice this diameter. Nevertheless, NGC 6744 gives us a tantalising sense of how a distant observer might see our own galactic home.
This dramatic object is one of the largest and nearest spiral galaxies. Although it has a brightness of about 60 billion Suns, its light spreads across a large area in the sky — about two thirds the width of the full Moon, making the galaxy appear as a hazy glow with a bright centre through a small telescope. Still, it is one of the most beautiful objects in the southern sky, and it can be identified by amateur astronomers as an oval shape contrasting with a rich background of stars.
With professional telescopes such as the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla, which captured this image, NGC 6744 can be seen in all its glory. The dusty spiral arms are home to many glowing star-forming regions (seen in red) and give this Milky Way look-alike its striking spiral form.
This picture was taken by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. The picture was created from exposures taken through four different filters that passed blue, yellow-green and red light and the glow coming from hydrogen gas. These are shown in this picture as blue, green, orange and red, respectively.


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Meet Your New Koreisha Mark
The votes are in and Japan's National Police Agency has just announced its new Koreisha Mark. The four-color clover, created by a 31-year-old graphic designer from Osaka, was selected as the winner among four proposed symbols. It will replace the … Continue reading
The New and Improved(?) Elderly Driver's Mark
As we reported last October, the Japanese government is changing the time-honored Koreisha Mark. Problem was, senior citizens deemed the current design — a teardrop shaped leaf in fall colors (center) — rather insulting and complained to the National Police … Continue reading
Koreisha Mark to Undergo Redesign?
After all this time we still get questions about the JNC logo. Specifically, the teardrop-shaped leaf in the upper right hand corner. To explain, we must first describe the Wakaba Mark for beginning drivers. The Japanese government requires that new … Continue reading


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About my oven (or why the nose is mightier than the timer)
My slow oven:
So it seems that my oven just doesn't have the oomph that is expected of an oven in standard recipes. It is not due to it being old and cranky. In fact we bought a new oven in 2011. (See my kitchen renovation post.) I expected a new oven would deliver the power to my baking that had been lacking. It didn't. The second time we called out the oven repairman, he explained why.
Apparently our place has a weak gas flow so the flames are never as high as they should be. There was no easy solution. Unless we move house. I have always preferred gas ovens over electricity. Perhaps it is due to my memory of moving house and being told by my mother that we could bake in our gas oven whenever we wanted now because we didn't need to preheat the electric oven. However if my previous residence I had one of the most effective ovens I have lived with and it was electric. If I had known about the gas flow before buying my current oven I might have bought a good electric oven. (Though I couldn't stand an electrical stovetop.)
What this means is that I can't be sure that my recipe times are accurate. It is frustrating when writing a recipe on my blog that I want to be replicable by others or myself (in this kitchen or others). What is means is that I am more likely to include advice on how to know when a cake is ready. This is usually the skewer test but I can also see if it looks baked by the batter firming up, turning golden brown and slightly pulling away from the edges of the cake tin. I usually turn my cake around midway through baking for even timing. This gives me an idea of if the cake will need more time that the recipe suggests.
No oven is the same:
When I think about the ovens I have had over the years in many different homes, I think about how each acted differently. Some were uberpowerful and others looked like they had been there for centuries. My mum also bought a new oven a few years back and she has the opposite problem. Her oven cooks so powerfully that it burnt so much food at first.
It seems that many of our ovens have quirks. We learn to live with them. My mother has found the right setting on her oven to cook food and not burn it. I know that my oven will usually take longer than a recipe says. (I know I need to use my oven thermometer more. Perhaps one day I will find the setting to bake everything at the time a recipe suggests but I fear it will be off the dial.)
The timer vs the nose:
It is not that many decades ago that cookbooks often didn't give a time for recipes. I guess it reflected on ovens being less standardised than today. I am sure many of our grandmothers were quite adept at using their nose (like the aforementioned baker) to know when a cake was ready to come out. It is all about intuition. We rely on recipes so much these days that we forget to use our intuition. Common sense is just not that common any more.
So I will give you this gentle reminder. There are many ways to tell if a cake is cooked. However the nose is a great helper. If a recipe smells like it is burning before the time is up, it may well be. If a recipe doesn't smell cooked when it comes out of the oven, be wary as it may not be.
Update (November 2013): After this post, I felt I should try harder. I used my oven thermometer more. I have started to turn my oven dial up to 20 C above the stated temperature. Which means that though my oven is fan forced and technically I should put the temp at 160 C plus the fan if a recipe calls for 180 C, I now usually put it at 180 C. It doesn't always solve the problem. It can still take ages to roast vegies. I can't make my oven really really hot. But it is working better.
Update 2017 - found this article on The Kitchn really useful in thinking about gas ovens - 5 important things to know about baking in a gas oven. It advises that you have a pizza stone in the lower racks to spread heat evenly and that you always rotate trays and dishes mid way though baking or roasting, both of which I do.
Questions for you:
I'd love to hear about your oven. Does your oven have any quirks and if so how you do compensate for them? Have you had problems with a weak gas flow and if so have you any advice for me? Do you prefer to use your timer or your nose to time your baking?
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We had a similar experience with our oven. We got a new one a few years ago and assumed there was something wrong with it when it was slow. A few things actually did need to be fixed in the end but it has remained slow. Maybe it is the gas flow with us too? I always need to leave things in the oven for longer too!
ReplyDeleteI fear my oven may be a bit like yours. If I give it time to preheat - and for recipes I blog, I do - I think it is pretty close to standard. However, it takes an age to preheat, especially for high temperatures, and so in my day-to-day cooking I often start using it when it's at (say) 120'C instead of 180'C. It is electric so the issue is different to yours, and as it went in when the house was built some 10 years ago, I think it is age related. I love my mother's oven and one day will have a better one, but for now I often give time ranges if I've adapted a recipe and I take longer than the recipe suggested, or like you try to indicate other ways of telling if something is done. It adds adventure if nothing else!
ReplyDeleteWe bought a new oven about four years ago, and it was a revelation - suddenly, things actually cooked in the time they said in the recipe! I hadn't realised that was even possible! I came close to burning a lot of meals by relying on my usual habits...
I've always had really slow ovens prior to this, so I've tended to check in at the end of the suggested time, and then estimate more time based on how close it is to done. Smell is a good indicator if I'm in the kitchen, but given my tendency to wander off to the other end of the house, usually if the smell of done-ness has reached me, I'm too late...I think I've been pretty lucky - my old (gas) oven seemed to bake fine. When I had a new kitchen last year I thought I wanted gas again for that reason, but I ended up with electric. It doesn't take too long to preheat and seems to cook at a standard rate. I think my timings are longer than other peoples generally though because I'm pretty paranoid about undercooking stuff and prefer it to be well done - always adds a good few minutes onto my recipes. Which is why I generally give a range for when cakes are done - most people might prefer the lower end! Interesting topic...
ReplyDeleteI currently have an electric oven in the rental property that Im in and you are right about the hotplate! I have to stay with it because it generate so much heat I fear a house fire everytime I use it that said I would classify the oven as a quick oven.
Im about to move back home to a gas oven my gas oven which Ive never baked in (we moved before I had caught the baking bug) so Im feeling a bit dubious about baking bread etc because Ive cooked roasts in it and seem to remember it took an age to get any heat out of it.
Oh well Ill have fun experimenting I guess :)All oven are different which is part of the problem. Where I live now the oven came with my flat and its fan oven only, which is not great for baking. I have discovered after many poor results, that if a recipe calls for 180C, I have to actually bake it at 150C which seems insainly low. My fan oven seems to work in overdrive.
I'd love a new oven, one that can be non-fan too. Oh well, learn and adaptMy oven is a very fast one - I usually set my timer for at least 10% shorter than the recommended time if I'm following a recipe. As for gas vs. electric, I've never noticed much difference on cooking, apart from jacket potatoes. I have an electric oven, and now even an electric stove top - induction is (as hard as this may be to believe) actually *more* responsive than gas. And I feel much safer, too.
ReplyDeleteDon't even start me on my oven, I could write a blog post all of my own on it! Its chief quirk is that the seal on the door has gone - so the door creaks open at inopportune moments, such as someone walking past or a stiff breeze. To get a new one I'd also need a new kitchen... so in the meantime, we're stuck with each other!
ReplyDeleteMy oven is exactly the same as yours... even looks the same. Slow and annoying but so much better than the old one that almost killed us leaking gas.
I cook with my nose too (well nose and a skewer and a good poke if I'm really unsure) and I trust my readers have enough common sense to not burn or under-cook things!
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What do you say to the man who, when in his early twenties walked across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in a nonviolent march during the civil rights movement, was almost beaten to death, and never once gave up his beliefs in peace and nonviolence? "I am very pleased to meet you" just doesn't seem to cover it.
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I don't think I have ever been more inspired to go out and fight for something, anything, in hopes of making a difference, and this can all be blamed on Congressman Lewis. He gave the right advice to the most willing ears when he said, "It's time for you to get in 'trubba.'" He emphasized this pronunciation with a twinkle in his eye. He said that it should be the "good and necessary kind of trubba."
Congressman John Lewis told us how he disobeyed his mother and got in involved; got into "trubba", but it was the "trubba" that lead the civil rights movement. He advised us to "agitate for what is right" and that there comes a time when "somebody, some place has to speak up." And now is our chance to speak up. We have no reason not to. We have every capability, right, and obligation to get into that "good and necessary trubba". "Right now as a nation, as a people we are too quiet. We need to stand up and make some noise."
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I was nervous about this interview. Aaron and I were the ones who first wrote and called Ron Paul's office to request an interview. Now, our efforts, along with those of our teacher and Tom Tucker in Congressman Farr's office had paid off. Nonetheless, we felt it was our tails that were cooked if this interview was anything less than great. I didn't know what to expect and as soon as Congressman Paul came into the room, the unexpected happened.
He walked into the room and his presence was different than any other person we had met so far. Usually when people walk into a room, you get a feeling, a feeling in your gut about who this person is and what kind of energy they give off. When Congressman Paul walked into the room, I couldn't pinpoint how I felt exactly. He had something powerful about him like when Former Secretary of State George Shultz walked into the room, but at the same time this power that was joined by a certain humility and naturalness that made him seem approachable.
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Congressman Paul talked a lot about the right of the people, focusing on how government has become overdeveloped, too big, and too powerful. Sitting there with this man and listening to him speak so passionately about so many different ideas, I couldn't help but consider them myself. He spoke of things I didn't even think about before I met him. This interview with Congressman Paul made me look at our government in a whole new light. He walked out of the room the same way that he came in, with a quiet kind of indefinable power, and the interview was over. Though his entrance and exit baffled me, during the interview I felt exactly what this man was all about. He was a man who stood for his beliefs when he talked and believes passionately in all that he talks about. He's a man that wants to change the world.
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