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Interview: Alan Cumming will rip your heart out in 'Any Day Now'
This story about a gay couple in the 1970s trying to adopt a special needs child is a powerful tale about love, acceptance, and family
It would be nice to think that the legal and social issues raised in Travis Fine's moving film, "Any Day Now," about a gay couple trying to adopt an abandoned teen with Down Syndrome were a reminder of how far we've come as a society. Sadly, that's not the case. While there have been obviously been many advancements in the struggle for gay rights in this country since the 1970s, there are still many obstacles that LGBT people face in their quest to adopt. In most states, whether adoption is legal for same-sex couples is decided on a case-by-case basis by a judge. The tide is turning in many areas, but the challenges are even greater when special-needs children are involved, even though these children so desperately need to find loving homes.
For "Any Day Now," Fine adapted a 30-year-old script that was based on a real-life story. The film, which won audience awards at the Chicago, Tribeca, Napa Valley, Provincetown, and Outfest film festivals, stars Tony- and Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Cumming ("Chicago," "The Good Wife") as Rudy, a down-on-his-luck female impersonator who befriends Marco (Isaac Leyva), a young teen with Down Syndrome who lives in his apartment building. When Marco's drug addict mother is taken to prison and he is about to be turned over to a state institution, Rudy takes matters into his own hands. With his partner, Paul, played by Garret Dillahunt ("Deadwood," "Raising Hope"), Rudy fights the system with everything he has in order to protect Marco.
I spoke to Alan Cumming by phone about this moving film.
MSN Movies: It's interesting to talk about this film just a few hours after the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case about California's Proposition 8. I doubt Rudy and Paul could have imagined the day when same-sex marriages would be on the table.
Alan Cumming: That's true, but I also feel in many ways that not all that much has changed, unfortunately. Try adopting a child through the state system if you're gay, it's still extremely difficult all these years later. I know people who see the film want to think, "Wow, things were so different 30 years ago, that would never happen today," but the truth is that bigotry still exists, prejudice still exists, and the laws haven't changed that much. It's still illegal for gays to adopt in some states. Many gay couples that have adopted children had to do it outside of this country or through agencies that cost a lot of money.
How did you first get involved with this film?
My manager was approached and made sure I read the script. I immediately felt really connected to it—it's such a beautiful story and about something of substance that I personally feel very strongly about.
Bing: Alan Cumming | "Any Day Now"
Isaac Leyva, the actor with Down Syndrome who plays Marco, was just amazing. Had he ever acted before?
No, this was his first film. He was in a school for people with Down Syndrome and other learning and physical difficulties. I think Isaac had had auditioned for one other film but this was the first thing he'd ever done and he was just so incredibly happy to be there. He's such a darling, he's just the loveliest, most amazing human being I've ever met. I really love him.
Did you have a lot of input on the character of Rudy?
Quite a lot, actually—more than normal. I came on board earlier than I usually would and had a lot of talks with Travis. I think we went through three or four versions of the script before we started shooting. Rudy was more broadly drawn at first—I think I butched him up a bit! There's always the worry that you're going to present a negative stereotype when you play a character like Rudy and I thought, okay, if he's a drag queen at that time, and especially someone who's fighting the system like Rudy does in the film, I have to show him as a very strong person. As far as his look goes, I realized early on that I wasn't going to be a very attractive drag queen (laughs) so I thought let's just go with that. I made sure he looked a bit skanky, a bit rough around the edges. That was my contribution!
It must have been fun wearing all those crazy vintage clothes from the 70s.
They're not the most comfortable things, let me tell you! Try wearing that unnatural fabric during an 18-hour work day!
I'm sure every one of your pores was permanently closed by all that polyester.
Exactly! Really awful!
Do you think that the film has already impacted people who might have been on the other side of this issue?
Well, we've shown it at a lot of festivals and had discussions after the screenings. I've heard people say their minds were really changed after seeing this story. It's so important to realize that by closing off these loving families you're sentencing kids like Marco to a life of institutionalization. I'm excited that this film is going to have a pretty substantial theatrical release so many people will see it. I'm so glad about that—sometimes you make this kind of movie and it never comes out at all.
I know we're getting involved with different organizations that canvas for the rights of same-sex couples. But I think the biggest education will be just getting the film out there and to get people talking and hopefully having their minds opened.
"Any Day Now" opens today in New York and Los Angeles and will soon be in select cities across the country. Alan Cumming will be participating in Q&As in New York on Saturday and Sunday and director Travis Fine will be participating in the Q&As in Los Angeles on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Click here for more details.
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I most definitely am not a Mormon but I have tremendous respect for them...they have a strong moral ethic and most of them live up to their Church's expectations of them. We could do much, much worst than having a Mormon in the White House. What I know is that Obama has almost no morals or religious beliefs at all and you can see how that is working out. Obama is not just a liar, but a GDF liar when he said he never heard some of the extreme racial and hateful things that Rev Wright said. It is impossible to be a member of a a church for 20 years and not be aware of the things going on there. And, since it is certain that he knew about the racist, hateful things going on in the church and he remained within that congregation, that means he agreed with it.
I'll take a good Mormon 7 days a week and twice on
sunday over an amoral Socialist like Obama.
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Like some TV and movie screenwriters these days, Jesse Stern -- a writer and co-producer on the CBS drama "NCIS" -- has been splitting his time between the picket line and playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Unlike his fellow scribes, though, Stern not only knows how the game ends, but as one of its co-writers (with the developers Infinity Ward), he knew long before the strike even started. But as he explained in a recent break between protesting and pumping people full of lead, writing for videogames and writing for TV is a lot more different than, say, a World War II first-person shooter and a modern-day one.
Crispy Gamer: How did you first come to the attention of Infinity Ward?
Jesse Stern: When I signed up with [the talent agency] CAA a few years ago, there was an agent there named Larry Shapiro who was very active in the videogame world, and the first thing he did was hand me a copy of Call of Duty 2. He said, "If you have any interest in doing videogames, let me know." And about a year later, after playing it, I told him, "Yeah, I'd be interested in doing a game, how does it work?" So he set up a meeting with Infinity Ward, and it was right when the guys were starting work on Call of Duty 4.
Crispy Gamer: Had you heard of Call of Duty before your agent gave you the second one?
Stern: I knew about it, but I hadn't played it. I used to be a really hardcore gamer but had to give it up when I got serious about writing for television because it was eating up all my time. I was still paying attention to it out of the corner of my eye, however, so I had heard about the first game.
Crispy Gamer: Did you come up with the game's original story, or did they have one in mind?
Stern: When I went in to meet with them, they had a kind of outline of the story they wanted to do, but said they were somewhat stuck because there were some discrepancies within the team about which way to go and how best to tell it. So I went home, read what they had, and sent them a two- or three-page treatment of what I would do. "I'd lose this part, I'd move this part later," stuff like that. But then I didn't hear from them at all. I actually thought it was kind of funny; I was thinking "Okay, I guess that didn't work." Five or six months later I got an offer from them: "Okay, we're ready for you now." It's funny, I've come to realize that's the way things work in the videogame world: You either hear from them a lot or not at all.
Crispy Gamer: How much of the script did you actually write? Did you write every bit of dialogue for the single- and multiplayer modes, or did you just write the main story?
Stern: It was actually a group effort. For example, a lot of the lines that people throw out in the background came from [Lead Designer] Steve Fukuda. We'd have screening sessions where they'd play the game the whole way through, and there'd be places that needed a little something, so people would just pitch lines. It was usually me, [Studio Head and CoD4 Project Lead] Jason West, [Lead Designer] Mackey MacCandlish, Steve Fukuda, [Lead Designer] Zied Rieke and [Lead Multiplayer Designer] Todd Alderman. Usually, when I'd go in, it would be, "This is what we're struggling with this week." Much of that came out in testing; they were testing this game constantly. It was a pretty unique challenge.
The thing that these guys kept telling me was that they wanted to tell the story in a more cinematic way. So we'd have these really long sessions in which we'd debate everything, and usually it would end up two vs. two with one guy on the fence. In the initial meetings, I'd look around, wondering who'd settle this deadlock, and then one day I realized, "Oh, that's why they hired me: to settle these things."
Crispy Gamer: You said you had quit playing games to concentrate on your writing. Did working on Call of Duty 4 get you back into them?
Stern: Yeah, well, until the writers' strike started, I felt like I had gotten a little more stability in my writing career since I began working on "NCIS," so I've been doing a little catch-up [with games] since then. What's funny is that there would be times when I'd be talking to the Infinity Ward guys, and they'd be making references to games I'd just never heard of, so I was constantly trying to get them to talk about older games, like GoldenEye.
Crispy Gamer: How did the other writers on "NCIS" react when you told them you were working on the game?
Stern: It's funny, I asked around before I got the gig -- I had some friends who'd written things like the Spider-Man game -- just to get a general idea of what the gig would be like, and most of them felt that the role of a writer in the videogame world was not well-defined, and some had actually been frustrated by their experiences. But then again, I was a lot more excited about it. I don't think any of them had fantasized about writing a videogame when they were kids, which is something I'd done a hell of a lot.
Having said that, most of the people on the writing staff were excited, but they also thought it was funny that writing for videogames was something you could do. As a writer, it's not something you hear about a whole lot.
Crispy Gamer: Have any of your fellow striking writers asked you how to get involved in games since CoD4 came out?
Stern: Oh yeah. The strike has kind of been like "This Is Your Life;" you're constantly running into people you haven't seen for years. And I kept having friends ask me, "Did you write the new Call of Duty?" "Yeah, how'd you know?" "Well, I just cleared it and saw your name in the credits. How did you get into that?"
Crispy Gamer: How long had you been working on "NCIS" when this game came up?
Stern: I had the meeting with the Infinity Ward guys in the summer [of 2006], and took the job at "NCIS" in the fall, but I had actually written some episodes of the show earlier on. So working on the game was kind of a moonlighting gig, though it never interfered at all. The hours weren't all that brutal on either side.
Crispy Gamer: With the writers' strike going on, you're not allowed to work on anything "NCIS"-related. Does that mean you've been looking for work in the videogame realm?
Stern: Well, I hadn't really considered it before the strike started. I'd work with the Infinity Ward guys in the second, but I hadn't thought of working with anyone else. The strike definitely made me think about it and start looking for opportunities, and there have been some because I've been getting some credit for the success of the game -- which is shocking to me because the work I did on it compared to the work those guy did was very small.
It's a little sticky, though, because while videogames aren't part of the Writers Guild, there are some games that are connected to a struck company. I was talking to a friend of mine who's an executive producer on "Grey's Anatomy," and they were developing a "Grey's Anatomy" videogame before the strike happened. But when the strike started, he told them he couldn't work on the game, anymore. That was something that hit home with me. This strike is absolutely crucial and essential to maintaining the industry that we all love.
Crispy Gamer: Do you think videogame writers should be in the Writers Guild or form their own union?
Stern: In my experience, bringing in an outside writer for a game was very much like bringing in an outside consultant. You are bringing a story sense to the game, but in a very macro way; I had nothing to do with the gameplay or the multiplayer. So the role of the writer in videogames is still undefined and loose and, I imagine, probably changes from job to job, so I think it's a little early for the WGA to get involved.
In fact, the only way the WGA is involved in games now is that they do awards. So they asked us to submit our script. But we never really had a script. The closest thing we had were two- or three-page versions of the cut scenes, some notes, an outline and storyboards of what happens, and a computer file with all of the dialog. We didn't have anything as structured as what you would have with a movie or TV show.
Crispy Gamer: So have you been asked to write Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Electric Boogaloo? Which is what it should be called, by the way.
Stern: As far as I know, those guys had been working around the clock for two years and they're now taking the opportunity to take a break. But I think we're going to talk soon about what they want to do next.
Crispy Gamer: Has there been any talk about an "NCIS" game?
Stern: You know, there hasn't. There hadn't, I should say, because we were jokingly talking about it on set not long ago. Michael Weatherly [who plays Agent Anthony DiNozzo] had some ideas about it. We had some fun, making stuff up. But it wouldn't be a bad one out of which to make a game. If they're making a "Grey's Anatomy" game...


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Stephanie Sandifer's curator insight, September 4, 10:15 AM
Excellent list of ideas for things to incorporate into your classroom this year!
Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight, September 5, 12:22 PM
I am sure there are more than 21 things. One that jumped out for me was greeting each student daily and listening to them.
Not everything is digital which the author points out once in #6. A no-tech day is not just nostalgic. It is about being present in ways we cannot be digitally. A key for teachers will be the ways the integrate various media into their teaching.
Anita Rissler's curator insight, August 5, 2:01 PM
En obetalbar upplevelse - att få se vår korta IT-historia speglad genom barn som testar första generationens datorer! Titta på videon och minns!
Helen Teague's curator insight, August 3, 9:17 AM
Beth Dichter's insight:
This infographic/visualization provides six steps that show how to flip a classroom. It also makes it clear that after you work through the six steps you must also review what has taken place, revise as necessary and then repeat.
The six steps are:
1. Plan
2. Record
3. Share
4. Change
5. Group
6. Regroup
But to understand what they mean by each of these you should go to the post. Flipping the classroom takes time, but today there are many locations where you can find great videos that will work for you. There are numerous tools available that help you create videos on your own, or take an existing video and add comments, questions, etc., so that it will meet your needs. If you are considering using video as a way to flip your class in the upcoming school year this post also provides links to additional resources that you may find helpful.
Randy Nichols's curator insight, August 5, 2:00 PM
What the Flip? (A simple explanation of an education trend.)
Jan MacWatters's curator insight, August 5, 6:27 AM
Great. The more museums that are accessible online, the more access our students have so worldwide culture.
W. Bradley Gooderham's curator insight, August 5, 11:51 AM
How we source, sort, and present information is becoming more and more salient in today's world of increasing information connectivity. This is a great site for students and teachers to explore the world around us and the information that connects us.
MONICA LOPEZ SIEBEN's curator insight, August 7, 3:54 AM
Me parece una iniciativa estupenda convertir a on-line accesible las obras de los museos gracias a Googles's Cultural Institute con Europeana. Admás la forma en que se presentan es estupenda!
Désirée Bayonet's curator insight, September 29, 9:26 AM
#AHCTeachers - look out! Start getting ready for the new features in iOS 8. My favorite: inter-app communication opens up new possibilities in curating content from the web and completing projects in multiple apps.
Cindy Peters's curator insight, October 1, 10:43 AM
There are some great new features in iOS 8 for teachers!
Marianella Careaga Butter's curator insight, September 16, 8:15 PM
Los recursos TIC para los docentes no faltan....lo necesario es que tengan claridad para qué lo van a utilizar con sus estudiantes.
Elaine Roberts, Ph.D's curator insight, September 17, 11:17 AM
321 free tools. It's an odd number, in more than one way. I cannot imagine the work to compile this list nor the work involved to determine which of these tools might be best suited for a teacher and his or her classroom. Of course, this list is only the beginning of possibilities.
Christopher Philbin's curator insight, August 12, 12:37 PM
Do you have a tablet? Here's how to get the most of it from it this semester!
Pamela Perry King's curator insight, August 11, 1:49 PM
Twitter is Awesome! So much you can do with it without the drama!
Elizabeth Hutchinson's curator insight, August 4, 1:26 AM
It is really important to teach students the skill of using social media correctly.
Jan MacWatters's curator insight, August 5, 6:31 AM
Good information on how students are using the available technologies.


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2014 Carnival Performance Institute with Christal Brown & Middlebury College
The 2014 Carnival Performance Institute features workshops, performance studies, and informal dialogues that run alongside Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival. The program was established in 2010 to position Carnival at the centre of performance studies and engage the local and international community in study and conversation around:
- how Carnival performance expresses unique histories and events, and intersect with nationalism, transnationalism, and global mobilities
- how gender is played out in contemporary Carnival performance
- how the local context of power and meaning influence the ways in which residents think of their experience
We're so pleased to host Christal Brown, Chair of the Dance Department at Middlebury College in Vermont and 9 undergraduate students. I look forward to building on "FreshWater: Myth, Mas & Movement", a workshop I explored with this group in September 2013 for a two-day pre-semester workshop in Vermont. Adanna Jones, a Trinidadian PhD candidate in Critical Dance Studies at the University of California at Riverside whose dissertation focuses on wining is our Special Guest for this iteration. Programs with playwright, Tony Hall, Dr. Gabrielle Hosein (professor of Gender Studies at University of the West Indies), philosopher Burton Sankeralli, theatre artist Marvin George with Jouvay Ayiti, and writings by the Institute's 2014 New Waves! Scholar-in-Residence, Claire Tancons are sure to galvanize incredible ideas and movement in Carnival culture and performance studies.
Jouvayist, writer and activist Attillah Springer will lead two talks: "Women & Resistance in Canboulay" and "Jouvayism", which she recently presented for Tedx in Port of Spain. Muhammad Muwakil collaborates with the group during a two-day Performance Lab initiated by Adam Walters, a Composition Specialist at University of Trinidad & Tobago/Academy for the Performing Arts. There will be a screening of Christopher Laird's new film "No Bois Man No Fraid" (followed by a Q&A with the stars of the film – Rondell Benjamin and Keegan Taylor) and Alex de Verteuils "Jab! The Blue Devils of Paramin"; a moko jumbie performance study in Cocorite at Dragon Keylemanjahro School of Arts & Culture; a Walk & Talk through Caura with Robert Young (featured in this month's Caribbean Beat); a liming session at Birdsong Pan Yard; and a rehearsal observation for Pearl Eintou Springer's Canboulay, which is peformed every year on Carnival Friday. Meanwhile, Zaidee E. Walker continues her 2014 Artist Residency, "Dancing About Architecture". You can learn more about Zaidee's residency here: http://zaideewalker.weebly.com/artist- residency.html.
'Central to [Middlebury's] Dance Program is the development of the creative artist and artist/scholar through critical study and regular practice in contemporary, world dance techniques; improvisation and choreography; history, theory, and cultural studies; experiential anatomy and kinesiology; and performance.' As part of a community service component, each participant will complete a staff assistantship, offering real skills and assistance to the organisational development of the Institute. We'll digitize a collection of newspaper articles by Trinidadian economist and scholar, Lloyd Best. In addition, the students will create written essays centered on carnival practice as performance.
See a full schedule and details about the program HERE.
Let's Dance!


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Sweet SomethingsThey're not very big, but their impact is enormous. In addition to producing $150 billion worth of honey annually, honeybees also pollinate more than 90 commercial crops around the world. That's sweet.
By Mark Crudup
Don't forget to call her Honey. That's the first piece of advice for male drones — in the hustle-and-bustle world of a beehive, female honeybees dominate the working males. The second piece of advice: Enjoy it while you can. That's because drones are doomed to die after mating, while the drones that don't mate are denied food, meaning they die as well. What's worse, there's nothing they can do to fight back. Among honeybees, it's the females that sting; males aren't given any defense mechanisms.
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Second trimester pregnancy: What to expectSecond trimester pregnancy often brings welcome relief from nausea, breast tenderness and other pregnancy symptoms.
The second trimester of pregnancy often brings a renewed sense of well-being. The worst of the nausea has usually passed, and your baby isn't big enough to crowd your abdominal organs and make you uncomfortable. Yet dramatic pregnancy symptoms are on the horizon. Here's what to expect.
Second trimester pregnancy: Your body
During the second trimester of pregnancy, you might notice physical changes from head to toe.
Larger breasts
Stimulated by estrogen and progesterone, the milk-producing glands inside your breasts get larger during the second trimester. Additional fat also might accumulate in your breasts. Although some of the initial breast tenderness will likely improve, nipple tenderness might continue throughout the pregnancy. A supportive bra is a must.
Growing belly
As your uterus becomes heavier and expands to make room for the baby, your abdomen expands — sometimes rapidly. Starting in the second trimester, expect to gain 3 to 4 pounds (about 1.4 to 1.8 kilograms) a month until delivery.
Braxton Hicks contractions
Your uterus might start contracting to build strength for the big job ahead. You might feel these warm-ups, called Braxton Hicks contractions, in your lower abdomen and groin. They're usually weak and come and go unpredictably. Contact your health care provider if the contractions become painful or regular. This could be a sign of preterm labor.
Skin changes
As blood circulation to your skin increases, certain areas of your skin might become darker, such as the skin around your nipples, parts of your face and the line that runs from your navel to your pubic bone. Sun exposure can aggravate the issue. When you're outdoors, be sure to use plenty of sunscreen.
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This year, at Penn State, it earned Bill O'Brien Big Ten Coach of the Year honors.
The first-year coach was rewarded for navigating the Nittany Lions through unprecedented turmoil, including harsh NCAA sanctions, to a surprising eight victories and second place in the Big Ten's Leaders Division.
And so he swept league honors from the coaches and media — beating out another new Big Ten coach with a team on probation in Ohio State's Urban Meyer with his undefeated Buckeyes.
Look to the other Big Ten awards for some proof of O'Brien's impact: Penn State defensive end Deion Barnes was named the freshman of the year; sophomore Allen Robinson was voted the league's top receiver and senior Mike Mauti was the top linebacker.
Barnes, who had 10 tackles for loss, six sacks and three forced fumbles, edged out teammate and tight end Kyle Carter for freshman honors.
He is the first Nittany Lion to win the award since tailback Curtis Enis in 1995.
Six Lions earned All-Big Ten first-team honors Monday night.
"This is a fantastic honor, it's very humbling," O'Brien said. "Any time you are named coach of the year, it has a lot to do with two groups of people — it's your coaching staff and obviously your players. We have a great coaching staff that did a nice job of keeping everything together and teaching our players.
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When asked on a Big Ten Network broadcast what he learned about himself this season, O'Brien said, "That I have a lot to improve on. … I'm going to work on trying to improve every single day this offseason."
Next up for O'Brien is the Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year, where he is on the watch list.
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I don't talk about gender a lot here on Stuffies. You all might have seen me tweet about the process of buying and wearing a binder, but usually I'm writing to celebrate things that involve as little clothing as possible.
Still, if there's one thing reading about fat for the past year has given me, it's a new appreciation for is the bravery inherent in dressing how you want. Flickr groups like Fatshionista, bloggers like The Rotund, and Tumblrs like Big Boy Fashion help to dismantle the narrative that fat can never be handsome or beautiful, that people over a certain size don't deserve nice things, or that you can't have your own style and self-expression.
Which is why Sarah Dopp's new project, to create a store where all genders, sizes and styles of bodies can be catered to, struck such a chord with me. She writes, "You know what I'm talking about. Tuxes for hips and breasts. Size 16 extra-wide high heels. Custom alterations, custom orders, custom tailoring."
Sound familiar?
Blogger Samson has already written about how issues of gender often overlap with issues of fashion and size: "…although I might've been made to wear men's clothing, it certainly wasn't made to fit me. It's too big. It's too long. It hangs awkwardly. It looks BAD–and not only do I like to look good, but I have a job and I need to look professional for it… Every now and then I'll find that elusive piece of clothing: designed to look androgynous but cut to fit a female body–well-tailored, but without hugging my curves–but these things are few and far between, and in the mean time I'm not content to wear things that make me cry when I look in the mirror. I'm not content to shop in the 'little boys' section like my petite transmen friends. I need a place to find the clothes that make me look like me."
This is what activism is all about: refusing to change your awesome self and demanding the world make stripey tights in your size already, dammit!
Sarah Dopp is asking everyone who wants to support this project "to make a video of yourself explaining why this is important to you. Use your phone, your webcam, or whatever you have nearby. Don't make it fancy; just make it real. Tell us what matters to you, what you need, or what you have to give." I immediately thought of amazing bloggers such as the high femme fatty Tangled Up In Lace and the trans poet Brown Round Boi. Nude Muse, who writes so eloquently of her struggles to find a space that accepts her and knee-high boots that fit her. And of course Fuck Yeah Chubby Butches.
But we're gonna have to hurry—-she needs the videos by Tuesday, December 7th! Sarah has since extended the deadline to "as soon as you can". So get your vid on, and Google Doc, Dropbox, or Easy Share it to email@example.com ASAP. Or, if you're not very video-able, get your keyboard on and help us spread the word!
ETA 12/7/10: Changed video submission deadline and one spelling mistake. Also, guys? As of today, this post has gotten 243 views! Thank you so much!


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Lessons Learned About Vacations
Holiday in the Fijian Islands
When you plan for an adventure or perhaps a holiday, Fijian Islands must be top in your option. You are going to take pleasure in the richness of nature along with the tradition of the place. Fiji is known for its fantastic beach locations and for beach enthusiasts this can be an indulgence for every one of to unwind on a sunny day, lying down on pristine sand or going swimming in refreshing clean waters. If you enjoy diving, Fiji possesses excellent dive spots with terrific reefs as well as marine life.
Surely you will really like the underwater of Fijian Islands. However, if you decide to simply lay down and have excellent tans beneath the warmth of the sun, you could do that as you like. You'll also find historic places significant and wonderful. Fijian Islands offers so much having a diverse places. Choosing a travel agent to make the arrangements for your vacation is a great move.
You will see that travel specialists are amazing travel guides when you visit Fijian Islands. They're really competent to plan your schedule since they can recommend the very best places to see taking into consideration your travel period. You'll find these people helpful as they possibly can recommend activities you shouldn't skip while you're in the island. You won't need to panic about lodging as well as transfers as they are able to pre-arrange all these for you. Your vacation is going to be problem free; it's possible have fun with your vacation.
Short Course on Trips – Getting to Square 1
Several of the suggestions travel specialists will give you would be the following:
You will need to select what island to explore.
Where To Start with Trips and More
If you'd prefer going swimming, scuba diving, snorkeling, water-skiing, there's an island for these. If you'd prefer to have pleasure under sunlight, this can be one element that can determine which particular island to visit. For anybody who is a diving fanatic, this ought to be a consideration. Should you be on your honeymoon, you are going to enjoy an island where you could enjoy a bit of privacy thus this can be an additional thing you need to consider.
Study the basics of the Fijian dialect. Certainly, it is possible to communicate English when you're in the island because it is the official language. However, to speak a bit of Fijian words can make your vacationing easier. Prior to going to Fijian Islands, be sure you know several of the frequently used Fijian words. By way of example, you have to know the way to welcome using Fijian.
Get low cost flights.


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By Francois Revilla
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - A police document showing that the boss of French breast implant maker PIP admitted to willfully lying about their poor quality, and said women filing complaints were just seeking money, sparked a furious response in France on Friday.
The document, leaked in the French media and obtained by Reuters, records flippant comments by Jean-Claude Mas, the founder and chief executive of Poly Implant Prothese, whose rupture-prone implants have sparked a worldwide health scare.
"I knew the gel was not standard but I did it consciously because the PIP gel was cheaper. This formula is perfect, it is better than the one used to make standard gel," Mas is quoted as saying in a transcript of an interview with police in late 2010.
Asked about women filing complaints about their PIP implants, Mas said: "These are fragile people or people who are doing it for money."
Lawyers for some of those women slammed the remarks, and Mas's own lawyer, Yves Haddad, said they were "clumsy," but were not of a criminal nature.
"Jean-Claude Mas is showing complete cynicism with regard to the victims," said lawyer Laurent Gaudon, whose clients accuse PIP and surgeons who used the firm's implants of fraud.
A member of an association of women fitted with PIP breast implants wrote on an online forum that she was disgusted by the remarks from Mas, who she called an egomaniac.
More than 2,000 women in France have filed complaints against Mas, whose firm supplied implants made from non-approved home-made silicone to some 300,000 women around the world before French health inspectors pulled the prostheses off the market in March 2010, sending PIP into bankruptcy.
No charges have been filed in the case but a court in the southern city of Marseille is likely to announce fraud charges this year, legal sources have told Reuters. An involuntary homicide investigation was recently opened after the 2010 death of a French woman from cancer who had PIP implants.
The scandal ballooned after the French government issued a warning in December and said it would pay for all women in France fitted with the implants to have them removed.
The government has stressed that there is no proven link to cancer, and nobody is known to have died from complications from them, but surgeons say the PIP implants, made using non-medical components supplied from a German chemicals manufacturer, are more prone to deformations and splitting than standard ones.
Mas, who is at home in southern France, issued a statement on Thursday saying he would not speak to the media about any aspect of the case. PIP's premises near the port town of Toulon are shut.
Philippe Courtois, another lawyer who represents a group of 1,300 PIP implant carriers, said Mas was treating all the victims with disdain and had "not an ounce of humanity."
"It's shameful to say he will not express himself out of respect for the victims when he said such things, and he was talkative with the police admitting the facts easily."


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Dewayne Bevil
Sentinel Staff Writer
SeaWorld Orlando has released the lineup of performers for its Viva La Musica festival, which celebrates Latin music and culture and begins April 14.
First up will be Puerto Rican merengue star Elvis Crespo.
Subsequent Saturdays will feature salsa group Grupo Niche (April 21), reggaeton duo RKM & Ken-Y (April 28) and salsa singer Gilberto Santa Rosa (May 5).
The shows are included in regular SeaWorld admission. Concerts will be at 3 p.m.
Copyright © 2014, Orlando Sentinel


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The unusually warm fall weather is expected to continue today across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, where temperatures are expected to top out in the upper 80s and low 90s.
In Ohio, yesterday's high of 91 in Columbus tied the city's all-time high temperature for October. Central Ohio farms say it's been too hot for many customers to go out into the pumpkin patches where they can pick their own.
However, forecasters say the state may finally see a break tomorrow.
Yesterday in Chicago, one runner died and dozens of other runners were hospitalized because of the hot, muggy conditions.
Hot temperatures are also expected to continue today in parts of the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast and Florida.


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B+C Radio: Summer
Just when you thought your week couldn't get any better Beats+Crates Radio slaps you in the face with a new episode mixed by my brother Val The Vandle. He's bringing some heat on Summer to get you into the summer mood. Val The Vandle is an LA staple that reaches from here to beyond. This dude is a world class DJ, an LA tastemaker, and an all around good guy. We've been blessed to get Summer from Val The Vandle on this Turn It UP Tuesday, and your ears will love you for it. Crank up the volume and enjoy Val The Vandle's episode of Beats+Crates Radio, Summer. Click here to download B+C Radio: Summer or head to iTunes to subscribe. Check Val out on Twitter, and blast him an email because he's always down for gigs. BIG thanks Val for for knocking out a dope episode.


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MEDFORD, Ore., (UPI) — An Oregon man who stopped at his bank to talk about some forged checks said the accused forger came into the bank behind him and tried to cash a check.
David Henneman of Medford said he stopped at the Chase bank inside the Southgate Fred Meyer around 2:30 p.m. Saturday to talk about stopping fraudulent checks that went through his account the previous day when Matthew Frombach, 37, came in and attempted to cash a $150 check from Henneman's account, the Mail Tribune, Medford, reported Tuesday.
"The teller's eyes just got huge and she said, 'Oh my gosh, I think that's him,'" Henneman said.
Henneman said bank employees attempted to delay Frombach, but he fled the store with Henneman's friend in pursuit.
"They wouldn't let me leave with veins popping out of my forehead, so my buddy went after him," Henneman said. "The tellers said, 'You're a good guy, we don't want you to go to jail.'"
The friend, Josh Rigiero, 28, attempted to stop Frombach, but ended up punched in the face by the suspect. Rigiero got back up and tackled Frombach, holding him until police arrived.
Lt. Mike Budreau said Frombach was in possession of several credit cards belonging to other people.
Frombach, who is suspected of stealing the checks from Henneman's mailbox, was charged with first-degree forgery, theft, criminal possession of a forged instrument, negotiating a bad check, disorderly conduct, fourth-degree assault, harassment and resisting arrest.
"It will be a good story to tell for years to come," Henneman said.


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The New Broadwalk PRU
51 Belvedere Road
Phone:0161 7780920
Headteacher: Mrs Debbie Ramsay
12 pupils, Mixed
|Unique Reference Number
|Local Authority
|Inspection number
|Inspection date
|29 April 2009
|Reporting inspector
|Michael McDowell
This inspection of the school was carried out under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.
|Type of school
|Pupil referral unit
|School category
|Pupil referral unit
|Age range of pupils
|Gender of pupils
|Number on roll
|School (total)
|Appropriate authority
|The governing body
|Cllr A Humphreys
|Mrs D Ramsay
|Date of previous school inspection
|6 February 2007
|School address
|Belvedere Road
|Lancashire M6 5EJ
|Telephone number
|0161 7780920
|Fax number
|0161 7376736
|Age group
|Inspection date
|29 April 2009
|Inspection number
© Crown copyright 2009
Website: ofsted.gov.uk
The inspection was carried out by one additional inspector.
New Broadwalk Pupil Referral Unit provides mainly for girls and boys aged 11 to 14 who have been permanently excluded from their secondary schools. It also makes provision for a small number of students who, with parental agreement, spend up to a term away from their secondary schools to improve their classroom and learning skills. Its remit is to return students to mainstream or specialist education as soon as possible. The average stay at the unit for permanently excluded students is eight months. Students come from the whole of Salford. There are far more boys than girls. There are a few students who are looked after by the local authority and a very small number from minority ethnic groups. In all cases English is the language principally spoken at home. Many of the students have had significant interruption to their education and a high proportion has involvement with the youth offending service. A small number of students have statements of special educational need because of their learning difficulties and/or disabilities and others are being assessed for statements. The number of students entitled to free school meals is above average.
|Grade 1
|Grade 2
|Grade 3
|Grade 4
Overall effectiveness of the school
Grade: 2
This, as its students and their parents believe, is a good unit. It is a measure of its effectiveness that it is extremely rare for students who have attended the unit and moved back to mainstream school to be permanently excluded once more. Parents notice a change for the better in their children's behaviour and schoolwork shortly after they start to attend the unit. Students say that they especially enjoy the many activities that the unit provides.
Achievement is good. Typically, before coming to the unit, students have missed a good deal of schooling and their standards are below those expected. Within their comparatively short stay they make up lost ground. When they move on their standards are broadly average and in a minority of cases good. Progress is best in mathematics in which all do well and a minority do exceptionally well. Progress is good overall in reading. However, while all make gains, progress in writing is not quite as strong. This is because many students have not previously been successfully engaged with writing and lack the motivation to write carefully, accurately and at length. At the unit, lessons are beginning to provide them with the stimulus to improve and extend their written work. Students make at least satisfactory progress in science but a minority make very good progress. There is no significant difference in achievement overall between majority and minority ethnic groups or between girls and boys. Children looked after by the local authority do as well as others. Those students who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities also achieve well in relation to their capabilities.
Improvements in achievement since the last inspection have been brought about by good teaching and learning. Teachers know their subjects and their students' needs well. Lessons are well planned and interest is sustained by the use of a broad range of learning activities. This was not always the case in science when learning was focused on writing skills. For this reason more practical approaches to learning have recently been adopted and these are paying off in increased student interest and better understanding. Personal development is good. Over their relatively short time at the unit students improve their attitude to learning and come to recognise what they must do to benefit from education. Students are well aware of healthy lifestyles and most thoroughly enjoy physical activities. They feel safe at the unit and they behave safely. They trust their teachers, the teaching assistants and their mentors to help them and to deal with any difficulties. They like their lessons and activities and show this by coming to the unit more frequently than they used to go to school. Attendance is satisfactory overall. The unit takes all possible steps to deal with non-attendance.
The curriculum is good and plays a crucial role in sustaining students' interest in learning. It is enriched by an exceptional number of opportunities for learning outside of the classroom. The curriculum supports the promotion of community cohesion satisfactorily. This aspect of work is not as well organised as it could be and does not contribute fully to students' understanding of the many different communities in this country and across the world. The unit provides good support, care and guidance. It makes the safety and well-being of its students a high priority. Necessary risk assessments are made. Steps are taken to ensure safe use of the internet. There is good liaison with parents and other agencies to promote students' education and welfare. Students are kept well informed about their progress and about their future options.
Leadership and management are good. The head of centre and her staff have improved provision and driven up standards. Targets for improvement are challenging and met regularly. The unit monitors students' performance and keeps progress towards its development priorities under review. It is accurate in its self-evaluation. The management committee meets regularly. It holds the leadership of the unit to account and offers good support and direction. The unit is well placed to make good improvement. It provides good value for money.
Achievement and standards
Grade: 2
Because of previous interruptions to their education students' standards are below those expected for their age when they enter the unit. However, as a result of good teaching and a curriculum that captures their interest students make sustained progress. Their achievement is good. When, after a relatively short period of time, they move on from the unit their standards are in most cases broadly average and in a minority of cases good. The unit's own records and the national assessment results for 2008 show that progress is best in mathematics in which students make good or, occasionally, exceptional gains. Progress in English while less marked is still good. Students do particularly well in improving their reading. However, students start at a much lower point in writing and their progress, although consistent and at least satisfactory, is not quite as strong. Students make measurable gains in science in which they make satisfactory progress, although a minority achieve very well. Their scientific knowledge and understanding develops best when their lessons involve learning by doing. In other areas of the curriculum and especially in information and communication technology (ICT) and practical subjects students also make good progress.
Personal development and well-being
Grade: 2
Students benefit from the readily available help and support offered by the unit. They begin to improve their attitudes to work and to comply with the expectations of the classroom. They start to think of others beside themselves, to work collaboratively and to take pride in what they achieve. The school council is active and students know that their ideas to make the unit better are taken into account. They show empathy by, for example, helping children with severe learning difficulties at Salford Sports Day or collecting for charity. Their spiritual, moral and social development is good. Cultural development is slightly less well developed and, while they have some understanding, students need further opportunities to explore the full diversity of communities in this country and around the world. They report that they feel safe at the unit and that they are unaware of any bullying or racist behaviour. They behave well and there is no significant disruption of learning. Students from all backgrounds get on well with one another. When they join the unit, students whose previous attendance was poor, come to the unit much more frequently. They say that they enjoy their education. This is evident in the interest and commitment they show in lessons. They particularly like the many exciting opportunities to learn outside of the classroom. Through their good progress overall in acquiring literacy, numeracy, ICT and social skills the students are well prepared for their next phase of education and for their future economic well-being.
Quality of provision
Teaching and learning
Grade: 2
As a result of good teaching and learning overall students achieve well. Teachers know their subjects well. Through careful observation and assessment they rapidly find out what each of their students know, understand and can do. They take account of each student's capabilities in planning lessons and setting work. They have high expectations and set challenging targets. Together with the teaching assistants they give students all the support needed to attain these. Teachers keep lessons lively by using a variety of practical learning activities. Students' interest and participation does however, begin to flag on occasions in lessons when writing activities become the focus. Relationships with students are very good and there is generally a calm and cheerful atmosphere in lessons. Sound use is made of ICT. Generally teachers make clear to each student what they are doing well in their work and what each must do to improve. Students' progress towards their individual targets for behaviour and attitude are also reviewed at the end of each lesson.
Curriculum and other activities
Grade: 2
The curriculum meets the needs of students well. There is a necessarily strong, emphasis on the development of basic skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT. Units of work are matched well to students' levels of concentration and are linked to an overall theme. This term the theme is, 'The Credit Crunch'. Students are well served by good educational opportunities that promote their health, safety and personal development. The unit is well equipped and offers as much as possible of the National Curriculum in preparing the students well for their return to mainstream school. Personal, social, health and citizenship education, (PSHCE) is well developed. The curriculum is exceptionally enhanced by many opportunities for students to learn beyond the classroom. For example, students attend the 'I can do It' programme which offers them experiences ranging from bicycle riding and maintenance to film making, the 'Gears+' project, that offers students hands-on technological experience, and horse riding. Elements of the curriculum, especially PSHCE, support satisfactorily the promotion of community cohesion but planning for this is not as rigorous as it might be.
Care, guidance and support
Grade: 2
The unit gives first priority to making sure that students are safe. It strongly promotes their health and well-being, for example, by providing each student with a healthy breakfast and lunch and through the PSHCE programme that provides education about drug, alcohol and substance abuse. The unit is well on the way to attaining the Healthy School Award. The unit knows what is still to be done to complete the criteria for this award. It has gained the Sportsmark award for the opportunities for physical activity that it offers. Child protection policy and procedures are in place and staff are familiar with these. Relevant and challenging academic and personal targets are set for each student and they are kept informed about their progress. However, occasionally the feedback process at the end of lessons in which it is made clear to students how they have got on is a little too rushed. Through the unit's productive links with parents, external agencies and other schools students are given good opportunities to make progress and swiftly return to mainstream education. Vulnerable students and their families are well supported. The unit identifies students at risk or in crisis and takes an effective lead in bringing together relevant external agencies to help.
Leadership and management
Grade: 2
The unit has moved on well since the last inspection in 2007 when it was judged to be satisfactory in most respects. It has successfully addressed the areas for improvement that were raised. The leadership has succeeded in bringing about improvements in students' achievement and in teaching and learning but there remains more to do. The head of centre, assisted by her deputy, has created a sense of purpose among staff. Teachers and teaching assistants are now more confident and competent in their management of students and in handling challenging behaviour. The unit is effective in its commitment to inclusion and to equality of opportunity for all students. It seeks out the views of parents and students and acts on these to improve provision. The management committee carries out its role well and is supportive of staff and students. It plays a full part in setting priorities and overseeing expenditure. It works with the head of centre to ensure that resources are used effectively and efficiently. As a result the centre is well equipped and has good resources, for example, for ICT, food technology, art and science. Safeguarding procedures meet current government requirements.
|Any complaints about the inspection or the report should be made following the procedures set out in the guidance 'Complaining about inspections', which is available from Ofsted's website: ofsted.gov.uk.
|Key to judgements: grade 1 is outstanding, grade 2 good, grade 3 satisfactory, and grade 4 inadequate.
|School Overall
|How effective,efficient and inclusive is the provision of education,integrated care and any extended services in meeting the needs of learners?
|Effective steps have been taken to promote improvement since the last inspection
|How well does the school work in partnership with others to promote learners' well-being?
|The capacity to make any necessary improvements
|How well do learners achieve?
|The standards¹ reached by learners
|How well learners make progress, taking account of any significant variations between groups of learners
|How well learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities make progress
|How good are the overall personal development and well-being of the learners?
|The extent of learners' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
|The extent to which learners adopt healthy lifestyles
|The extent to which learners adopt safe practices
|The extent to which learners enjoy their education
|The attendance of learners
|The behaviour of learners
|The extent to which learners make a positive contribution to the community
|How well learners develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being
|How effective are teaching and learning in meeting the full range of learners' needs?
|How well do the curriculum and other activities meet the range of needs and interests of learners?
|How well are learners cared for, guided and supported?
|How effective are leadership and management in raising achievement and supporting all learners?
|How effectively leaders and managers at all levels set clear direction leading to improvement and promote high quality of care and education
|How effectively leaders and managers use challenging targets to raise standards
|The effectiveness of the school's self-evaluation
|How well equality of opportunity is promoted and discrimination eliminated
|How well does the school contribute to community cohesion?
|How effectively and efficiently resources, including staff, are deployed to achieve value for money
|The extent to which governors and other supervisory boards discharge their responsibilities
|Do procedures for safeguarding learners meet current government requirements?
|Does this school require special measures?
|Does this school require a notice to improve?
Thank you for being so courteous during the inspection of your pupil referral unit (PRU). Several of you took the trouble to talk to me and you gave me very helpful information. It is clear that you enjoy the exciting things to do that your PRU offers you and that you like and trust your teachers, teaching assistants and mentors. Understandably, some of you are looking forward to going back to school. If you keep working as well as I saw you work you will definitely succeed in this aim. You told me that you feel safe and that there is no bullying or racism at your unit. You were, however, confident that if you needed to, you could turn to your teachers for help and you would receive it. You were well informed about healthy diets and the importance of exercise. Some of you really enjoy the breakfast you are given if you get to school on time. You told me that you thought the work you were given was at the right level for you and that you get the help you need to reach your targets.
I found that you achieve well and make good progress but that you could do a little better in writing and in science. You do well in learning to change those parts of your behaviour that have got you into trouble in the past. You are now more considerate and think of others as well as yourself. You are given lots of exciting and interesting things to do both in the classroom and out of it. You are taught well. The unit takes good care of you, keeps you safe and lets you know how you are getting on. The leadership and management of your unit are good.
To help the unit improve further I have asked the head of centre and her staff to help you progress in writing and science as well as you do in reading and mathematics. I have also asked them to plan ways of enabling you to know more about the many different communities in this country and across the world. You can help by always coming to school and arriving on time.