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LINING the Strip, billboards the size of aircraft carriers herald the faces of headliners like the battle flags of nations: Elton John, Celine Dion, Toni Braxton.
But on one weekend in November, a star whom some would describe as the biggest in all of Las Vegas sat wedged into a decidedly nonpower central booth at Caesars Palace Cheesecake Factory, unmobbed and unnoticed by the vast hordes of tourists trooping through. In the last couple of years the shy, quiet 20-year-old's face has probably been watched by more people than that of any other headliner working the Strip. With 15 million views on one site alone and probably at least that many from the multitudes of copied and pirated versions circulating the Internet, Gary Brolsma at one point had more Google searches for his name than did "naked women," the Web's platinum standard.
In December 2004, before the dawn of YouTube, the then-18-year-old Brolsma sat in front of his computer in his parents' home in Saddlebrook, N.J., and whiled a few moments by performing an energetic lip-sync into his webcam to an obscure song by the Romanian pop band O-Zone. He then posted the video to a user-generated site called Newgrounds so he could share his creation with a few friends. Two weeks later, his grandmother awoke him one morning saying there was a TV news crew at the front door and his answering machine was filled with messages from reporters demanding interviews. What followed was one of the first viral video explosions in Web history, as the "Numa Numa Dance" video was forwarded, linked to, imitated and parodied.
And nearly two years later, he found himself at Caesars Palace, flown in by HBO's Comedy Festival for "Viral Videos Live," a night of onstage video reenactments of the groundbreaking works of the new medium. Assembled together on one stage in a rejiggered conference room would be the stars of the new era, headlined by the young man who just a week later was to be awarded a lifetime achievement award at age 20, Mr. Numa Numa Dance himself. About 200 people were in the audience.
A few hours before showtime, Brolsma felt relaxed enough to disappear among the hoi polloi and enjoy a cheeseburger with his managers, who have flown from Minnesota. Next stop was Hollywood for "Jimmy Kimmel Live," where he appeared Nov. 21. Last month, Brolsma released a new video on a website put together by the managers (NewNuma.com), which is also sponsoring a contest with $45,000 in prize money for the best fan-created Numa videos.
All this, however, is merely a setup for a top secret Gary-centric project in progress. "All I can tell you," said his manager James Egge, "is that it won't be released for more than a year, and it will be shocking." Pressed, he insists the shock will not involve nudity on Gary's part.
Brolsma, for his part, seems quietly amused by the spectacle his project created. He tells how after the initial burst of interviews he decided to stop giving interviews, which led to a series of what he labels "wrong" articles, driven chiefly by a New York Times story that claimed he was depressed about his stardom. "I was just ignoring everyone and just went on as before. I was overwhelmed by it, but I was fine," he said. However, Brolsma did admit, nodding his head sagely, that the marriage proposals continued to flow in. "A lot of women say, 'If you come to my state you can stay at my house,' " he said. He insisted that he had not followed up on these offers and remained unengaged.
The stars of cyberspace
THREE hours later, Brolsma gathered with his fellow Web sensations backstage in a small lounge created by curtain partitions in what otherwise seemed to be a service hallway. Yes, the assembled group has been seen by, according to event organizers, a combined total of 300 million people. But the effect was less like a green room conclave of superstars than awkward strangers waiting in a doctor's office. Seeing them gathered together was somehow stranger and more thrilling than seeing a cluster of film stars at a Hollywood function. These people are not just stars but phenomena, having exploded from nowhere and nothing through the Web ether onto the world stage.
Slowly, the frost thawed and the titans of the new age began to make shy acknowledgments of their peers. Along one wall, Stephen Voltz, who has captivated millions with elaborate fountains created by dropping Mentos in Diet Coke bottles, chatted in his lab coat about video hosting services with Charlie Todd, from Improv Everywhere, a New York-based website that recently created mass havoc when they sent a team of hundreds to move in slow motion through a Home Depot store. Along another wall, the Urban Ninjas, two young men in full martial arts costume, famed for dazzling leaps from the tops of buildings, nodded to Marco Tempest, the Virtual Magician, master of head-scratcher camera-phone-taped tricks.
Talking with each superstar, it becomes clear that despite coming from wildly different disciplines, each of them has walked a remarkably similar path to fame and that this path is likely to become the road map that many more will attempt to follow. Voltz's tale is in many ways similar to Brolsma's. Voltz, whose calm, intense gaze and serious countenance make him very believable in his on-screen scientist role, recalls that he was merely keeping an eye open for unusual projects for the Maine theater he directs when he stumbled upon the news that a Mentos pill dropped in a Diet Coke bottle could produce an explosion.
"I said, 'This is something we could do,' " he recalled.
Like many Earth-changing ideas, this one came in the cabin-bound dead of winter. Maine's bitter cold prevented the stepping into wide open spaces necessary to realize the exploding Diet Coke and Mentos dream in all its grandeur. So Voltz and his partner Fritz Grobe spent long hours indoors experimenting with the concept. "I kept saying," Voltz recalled, "we're not spending more then 70 bucks on soda, not more than 50 on Mentos. But there was always budget creep." Tinkering with exploding soda bottles through the long months, creating mass synchronized explosions, Voltz, like all revolutionaries, was tormented by the thought "Is this really cool or are we totally nuts?"
With the spring thaw, he got his answer. In June he was finally able to stage his first large-scale outdoor experiment. Dressed in lab coats, Voltz and Grobe built a symphony of dozens of synchronized explosions, bursting, waving and circling in patterns reminiscent of the dancing water fountains outside the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. On June 3, a Saturday, they posted the video on their own site, EepyBird.com, and at the video hosting site Revver.
"I figured we'd put it up, tell our friends, and in July we'd proceed and do something else with it," Voltz said. One of Voltz's friends posted a link to the tape on the popular online aggregator Fark.com. By midday, tens of thousands of people had visited EepyBird.com to watch. On Monday, "Late Show With David Letterman" called. On Wednesday, NPR. It was soon reported that EepyBird.com was the third-fastest-growing site on the Internet. To this day, it is Revver's most-watched video (and not incidentally has earned the EepyBird team $35,000 through the site's profit-sharing arrangement). Follow-up videos garner audiences in the millions.
Onstage, the show was a range of the little, little screen skill sets that, shocking as it seems, translate fairly well to the live setting. What has made each of these acts succeed, inspiring people to watch them over and over and pass them along to friends and link to them on their sites, is the ability to create some sort of performance so shocking or jarring or hilarious or even so annoying that it leaps out of a 1-inch screen, cuts through the clutter of a billion Web pages and IMs pinging and the boss walking by, and forces people to stay for two full minutes.
From the cleverness of Improv Everywhere's mass pranks to the rapid spectacle of the Urban Ninjas feats, to the Virtual Magician's clever use of the online medium to make a train car full of passengers disappear, to catchy satirical songs like the Gray Kid and Daniel Stessen's Justin Timberlake parody "PaxilBack," to the completely infectious exuberance of a naturally shy and awkward young man like Gary Brolsma lip-syncing his heart out, backed up by a row of semiclad dancers, to a Romanian pop song -- as culture producers, the stars of the new era may not be, say, Joan Didion, but they are, and with each successive wave will continue to be, originals.

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7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead, 8 by some that Eli'jah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen. 9 Herod said, "John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him.
Meditation: Do you court favor with the powerful and the rich? Scripture warns us of such danger (see Proverbs 23:1-2). King Herod had respected and feared John the Baptist as a great prophet and servant of God. John, however did not fear to chastise Herod for his adulterous relationship. Herod, out of impulse and a desire to please his family and friends, had John beheaded. Now his conscience is pricked when he hears that some think that the Baptist has risen. Herod sought to see Jesus more out of curiosity and fear than out of a sincere desire to know God and his word. Whom do you seek to please? God's grace frees us from the tyranny of fear and sin and enables us to reject what is wrong and to choose what is good. Do you allow his grace to fill you with faith and courage to speak what is true and to do what is right?
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{Video} This Taylor Swift Blank Space Parody Is Spot On!
This. All the this. So spot on.
"Gotta have my Starbucks latte, or else I'll go insane."
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Wow, it's been a LONG time since I've had the privilege of writing a race report! I guess that's what moving to MN will do for you? We finally got our first two weekends of racing under our belts for 2014, so I figured it was time to write an update.
Despite the hard winter and long trainer hours, our first race weekend in Iowa was bit of a let-down. We didn't do badly, we just discovered that we're not in quite the same shape as 2013 (no substitutes for riding outside all winter, I guess). Jameson raced the RR and TT on Saturday before scurrying home to study for finals, and I race the RR/TT and Sunday crit.
The Chris Lillig Memorial Road Race course was windy, which is not my favorite kind of riding. My race was three laps, and I participated in the chase that took all of Lap 2 to catch a 2-woman break up the road. There were two strong teams in the mix, and a field of 20 or so women, but only about 5 of us were willing to chase/didn't have teammates up the road, making for one hard lap! Coming up to the finish on the last lap, we had about an 18 mph tail wind (fun!), and I managed to sprint into a 9th place in the bunch. After a little down time, I suited up and went out for another lap of the course for the TT. All the TTs in the Midwest Flyover Omnium Series are stock/Merckx style (no aero gear), so I surprised myself by making up a lot of time into the headwind section of the course. I ended up 8th in the TT – not too shabby.
Jameson was feeling a little under the weather, but helped his team in the RR (finished 35th) and took 9th in the TT. His race on Sunday (although he was not present) was the most exciting race of the weekend, due to the severe weather sirens blaring in the middle of the race! The officials brought the race to a halt, but after a quick check of the radar, decided the men could safely race 5 more laps. Jameson's teammate Lev had been in a solo break with a 20 second lead, so they gave him a head start and unleashed the masses. Lev managed to hold the lead for those 5 laps, winning the crit. Then everyone made a beeline for the cars and managed to pack up before the downpour started. Whew!
Today, we both raced the Silver Island Road Race in Henderson, MN. The fields were a bit small, due to an exciting stage race in LaCrosse, WI; however, it was a nicely orchestrated event and a fun course. More wind (always with the wind), but there was an appreciable climb up to the finish. My race of three women started with the men's 3/4, and I made it almost one lap before getting caught on the wrong side of a split and subsequently riding the rest of the race with my new friend, Emily. We had a "Ladies' Agreement" that we would ride together until the final climb, and then let loose and see what happened. I spun past her to snag second place, but she was a good sport and even gave me some baked goods after the race 🙂
Jameson's race had a few more riders and a lot more action. He managed to get away with his teammate John, then push the pace in the final few miles, ultimately snagging the win.
2014 is off to a slow start, but I hope to treat you all to some more race reports in the near future! Definitely some more of the Midwest Flyover races – I'm currently 10th overall in the standings, so you better believe I'm going to try and hold my spot!
Happy Riding,
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Jim Sturgess and Doona Bae play multiple roles in "Cloud Atlas," written for the screen and directed by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer and Andy Wachowski based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell. Their enduring love threads through a single story that unfolds in multiple timelines over the span of five centuries as their characters meet and reunite from one life to the next and strive to overcome oppression of one form or another.
Sturgess portrays idealistic young San Francisco attorney Adam Ewing, who travels to the Pacific Islands in 1849 where he experiences the horrors of the slave trade and sees an opportunity to do something about it. His single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Bae, in Western guise, plays Ewing's beloved wife, Tilda. In 2144, Bae takes center stage in Neo Seoul as the fabricant Sonmi-451, genetically engineered to spend her brief existence as a compliant restaurant server in an ominously totalitarian society built atop the ruins of a flooded Seoul. Encouraged to nurture forbidden independent thoughts by sister fabricant Yoona-939 (Xun Zhou), Sonmi embarks on a path from which there can be no retreat. With the help of revolutionary Hae-Joo Chang (Sturgess), Sonmi takes her courageous and perilous first steps toward a far-reaching insurrection.
At the press day for "Cloud Atlas," which opens in theaters on October 26th, Sturgess and Bae talked about their pivotal roles in the powerful and inspiring epic. They discussed their favorite characters, how the directing process worked with three directors, how the novel gave them insight into the film's story, and what it was like acting opposite Tom Hanks and Xun Zhou. Sturgess also described his upcoming role in "Electric Slide" and Bae, who is making her Western screen debut in "Cloud Atlas," revealed she is learning English.
Q: What was your favorite role of the multiple roles you played?
Jim Sturgess: It's hard to pick a favorite because you have to invest in and love them all. The two main characters I play are Adam Ewing and Hae-Joo Chang, so I love those two equally and considered them almost the same person – the same idea, the same soul, the evolution of Adam Ewing's soul coming into Hae-Joo Chang. I enjoyed doing all the Chang and Sonmi stuff. We had so much fun doing that, because in the Adam Ewing stuff, I was just basically being murdered by Tom Hanks. That wasn't quite as fun as running around with a gun and hanging out with Doona.
Doona Bae: My favorite is Sonmi 451 definitely. When I first read the script, I immediately got into her. I could feel connected with her. I think I became Sonmi on set. She was my favorite.
Q: How do you prepare for playing multiple parts in a single movie? Do you ever get confused?
Sturgess: (joking) We'll find the Scottish thug in Neo Seoul. No, I never got confused. I was also well prepared. The best thing I did, which was an idea I got from Tom Hanks, was that he pulled all the pages out and put his stories separately so he could really focus on it as a short film almost. Doing that gave you a much clearer idea of your journey so that really helped. And obviously, the make-up took two hours each time, so you were pretty clear which character you were about to play.
Q: How were you cast? Was it a long process?
Bae: Lana and Andy said they'd seen some of my movies including "Air Doll," a Japanese film, and "The Host," and "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance." So they just called me and I had an audition and I got the part.
Q: Jim, did you have any trepidation about playing the Asian role?
Sturgess: Yeah, of course. No, I did. I was confused because they asked me, "We would like you to look into the Adam Ewing part and the Chang part." They were the two that I was told about at the very beginning and I hadn't read the script. While I was reading it, I didn't know about the other actors, and I was wondering why do they want me to play this Asian character in this story? So I was cautious. I was like what is this about? What are the reasons? Because it needs to be justified, otherwise I wouldn't feel so comfortable doing it. But they explained to me that whatever actor played the Adam Ewing character had to play the evolution of that soul into the Hae-Joo Chang part. And then, I found that everyone was going to be switching – the three main prejudices of age, gender and race, and it was about transcending that and that not becoming an issue. It's about the soul and everything is just thrown on top of that. So then, I felt like all the caution went out the window and I was like okay, that's great.
Q: Can you talk about the directing process and working with two different sets of directors?
Sturgess: At the very beginning of the process, it was all three of them. They were sort of one unit and one vision. Both Doona and I had pretty much 98% with the Wachowski team. Certainly, early on, Tom was involved in all the make-up decisions and the costume things. We did rehearsals and Tom would be there which was really interesting to have three directors giving points of view, which all seemed very unified and united. They all seemed like they shared the same ideas and I never saw an argument between anyone. Everyone was just exciting to work with. But then, obviously logistically, once we got to film, the two teams split. So then, I felt like we were working with Andy and Lana for such a huge part of it. And then, we would get to go and play maybe one or two days on Tom's team. I got to play the Scottish thug in the pub. It was just one day's filming getting into a bar fight. It sort of allowed you to let off a bit of steam of all the intensity that we were going through with the other characters where the stories were on our shoulders, but we could go into another person's story and just have a bit of fun. So it was great.
Q: At what point in the process did you read the book? And, having read the book, did it make you see life differently given all the perspectives about life being a continuum?
Sturgess: I read the book after I read the screenplay. I'd heard of the book so when the script arrived and it said "Cloud Atlas" on the front, I knew that it was based on a really exciting and ambitious book. So then, I was like if they're trying to make a film out of an ambitious book, that's probably going to be even more ambitious. All I remember is that the script was like a bunch of scripts. It was twice as thick as all the other ones. It was 200 pages long, I think. I remember reading it and being pretty baffled by the whole thing, and then I read the script again in the morning. Then I had a meeting with Andy and Lana and found out that I was going to be involved. I read the book prior to finding out that I was going to make the film. It definitely helped. I mean, the more you get into the story and the more you read the script, the more you read, and I think it's the same with the film. They more you watch the film, you'll be getting more and more stuff and it will sink in more and more. So yeah, it definitely opened up my mind about ideas of life and love and the afterlife and previous lives and your time here on this planet and how everything that you do has potentially some big effect or small effect no matter what somewhere along the line, consciously or unconsciously.
Bae: I hadn't heard about the book before I got the script, and the script was so hard to understand for me because my English was even worse than now. So I had to read the book first. I read the Korean version of "Cloud Atlas" first and it was so exciting to read it because the main theme and the story tell about reincarnation. I'm quite familiar with that kind of thing because in Asia we are very familiar with Buddhism which is related to reincarnation. It mixed very well with Western culture. I found it interesting.
Q: What are the Wachowski's like these days on the set?
Sturgess: They're fun. That was the biggest shock of all really. Both of them are super smart in a way that I'd never experienced before and they're such different personalities. I mean, Lana and Andy are two very different kinds of people, but they're so connected in a way. They've obviously been working together since they were this big, tiny. You don't really know much about them because they don't do interviews and they keep to themselves, so you never really know what to expect. It was just amazing how much fun they brought to the set and for all the actors. They were so joyous and it just made the whole thing a silly, fun and playful game that we were all jumping into. It was ambitious and nervous to change genders and race and age. It could have all gone horribly wrong, so it just needed a real playful mentality for all of us to jump in and enjoy the process and hope that that comes onto the screen. It's such a philosophical film with big ideas, but I feel when you watch the film, it also feels pretty fun and sort of playful and it doesn't take itself too seriously.
Q: After you went through the whole process and then saw the final product, did it make sense and were you able to say "Now I understand"?
Sturgess: Yeah. For sure. No, it was like that. We also got to see all the stuff that other people did. The comedic stuff that Jim Broadbent brought to the film was just amazing to watch. I thought wow, whatever you take from the film, you can also really enjoy the ride and let it wash over you, and whatever you take from it is whatever you take from it. You don't need to be weighed down with trying to understand all these complex ideas. You can just enjoy a film.
Q: What was Tom Hanks like to work with for you?
Sturgess: Apart from the fact he was trying to kill me every moment, he was actually an amazing guy. I'm sure you've met him. He's a force of nature. Again, just to see somebody who's been acting and has acted in so many amazing, big productions all through his career still look like he's having the time of his life. I think that everybody had the same experience which is that nobody had made a film quite like this, and it was sort of a jump into the unknown for everyone, and so it made everybody unite. We were bound by the fact that none of us had done anything like this. It almost felt like it was Tom Hanks' first film, too.
Q: Doona, can you talk about working with the Chinese actress, Xun Zhou? Did you know her before this film?
Bae: No. Before this project, I hadn't heard of her, but I knew that she was the most famous actress in China. She's so charming. When we were on set, I felt a certain power from her. I loved her acting. [SPOILER ALERT] When her character, Yoona-939, died, it felt so real, and because her acting was so convincing, I couldn't bear it. She's a great actress, I think.
Q: Jim, now that you've left your teen heartthrob phase behind you, do you still have people coming up to you singing Beatle songs?
Sturgess: Yeah, I feel like I might have that for the rest of my life. Just people singing Beatle songs at me. It doesn't happen often, but there was a big group of people. The "Across the Universe" film really attracted an age group of young people and opened up their eyes and ears to the music of The Beatles. I didn't take any kind of credit for that at all. I think that music has something in its DNA that just turns people crazy. I happened to be singing it, but I think the songs are what turn people on.
Q: Were you shocked that you had become this big teen idol? Was it hard to believe you were getting so much attention?
Sturgess: Yeah. It was crazy once "Across the Universe" came out. I started two starring films back to back, which were "Across the Universe" and "21," and they came out quite quickly after each other. So, coming from nothing to having two big studio films was a bit of a shock.
Q: Is your beard for a role or just for being Jim in real life?
Sturgess: (laughs) It's my "out of actor's work" beard. No, it's actually a disguise for a mustache I have to grow for a film I'm just about to start, and rather than walk around with a big, hairy mustache, I'd rather grow a beard, and then the day before we shoot, I'll shave the rest.
Q: What are you shooting?
Sturgess: I'm doing a film called "Electric Slide." It's a period piece set in the 1980s. It's a true story about a bank robber known as the Gentleman Bank Robber. He was a real guy called Eddie Dodson who basically robbed 64 banks in 9 months and managed to rob 4 banks in one day.
Q: Is he American or British?
Sturgess: He was American. He lived here in Los Angeles so it's set here in L.A. and he ran a vintage furniture store on Melrose Avenue.
Q: Who are you doing it with?
Sturgess: The director is a really great young guy called Tristan Patterson. It's his first feature film. He's made some amazing documentaries which I've seen before anyway and we're fans of the documentary. When he asked me to play the part and once I met him, I just knew he's got it.
Q: Is Eddie in prison?
Sturgess: No, he died unfortunately. I can't get to meet him, but there are plenty of people around who still remember him.
Q: Are you shooting it here?
Sturgess: Yeah, we're shooting it here in L.A.
Q: What about you, Doona? Do you have any other projects coming up?
Bae: I don't know yet. Actually, after "Cloud Atlas," I've been learning English in London. I turned my job from Korea and I just focused on working on my English. So now I think I'm ready to work on something.
Q: Is it a fun adventure as an actor to have the opportunity to play multiple roles in one film?
Sturgess: It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was like the biggest joy you could get from being an actor. It felt like what it was like when you first dreamed of being into acting and it was all just dressing up and playfulness. It's unheard of that you get to play more than one character in a film, and I don't know if I'll ever get that opportunity again, certainly playing different races and genders. So, it was everything that you could have imagined would be why you would want to do something like that as an actor.
Q: Did you play a woman, too?
Sturgess: (laughs) No, I meant everybody, the other actors.
Q: Did you want to play a woman?
Sturgess: Yeah, I kept begging them. Can this character be a woman?
Q: On to bank robbing!
Sturgess: Yeah, I'm going to rob some things.


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Double Life
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What if you could leap into your own overactive imagination? And what if you met your imaginary friends there? What if it was real? This all happens to an intelligent, imaginative boy named Josiah Jones, who finds a portal into his own world. Now, stuck inside, he has to fight the battle of his life inside his own head. This masterpiece of storytelling is fast, fresh, and fun, and keeps you engaged in this boy's strange double life between the imagined and the real.
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Oct 15, 2009"Exciting story from a new author" Double Life is an exciting story. Dawson Vosburg has done an admirable job for his debut novel. The book is targeted toward middle-school boys, and the mix of science fiction and the thrilling world of agents and counter-agents is certain to be enjoyed by those readers. A nice job of interweaving side plots with the main plot of BLUE versus RED in the world that the mysterious sunglasses take the kids, with an engaging lead character in Josiah Jones. A quick but fun read. Hopefully we will see more from the young author.
Jan 3, 2009"Good opening!" I have a feeling Dawson isn't as young as he says he is. He writes too well. I don't think I'm exactly the audience he's aiming at, but the book's sense of pace and humour are very gripping straight away. And his idea is a neat one - just by donning a pair of sunglasses he found on the floor of the mall, Josiah, his hero, is transported into his imaginary life ... which becomes real instantly. Haven't we all had that dream? To get out of our real lives and inhabit our imaginary ones? Well that's what Josiah gets to do - to become daring Agent 12, working for the Blue agency. Good work, Agent 12! ... I mean, Dawson ...
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Humanities Target Learning Centre interviews Canadian TV Personality
Canadian TV personality Lauren Toyota, a former Much Music VJ and YouTube star was on campus in October as part of the Humanities Target Learning Centre's (HTLC) Career Conversations series. The TV star and internet sensation was here to talk to students about her experiences in the entertainment industry.
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This post looks in detail at the gradual conversion of Judith Curry from being a full supporter of the IPCC to becoming a climate sceptic. This will have much greater traction with the public than someone simply taking up a position on one side or the other and then sticking to it steadfastly. In particular someone as qualified and thoughtful as Professor Curry. Her "journey" is one that many others may have taken and many more will take.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Disney And Rudin Get Synchronized...
Walt Disney Studios and Scott Rudin are working on a film project known as "Synchronicity" according to the Hollywood Reporter, which will be a comedy about the world of synchronized swimming(think Will Ferrell).
Scribes Marty Scott and Toni Kotite are writing the script which is being described as in the vein of "Dodgeball" or "Blades of Glory". The project has been at Disney for some while, but has been in standstill until Rudin came aboard.
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Labels: Film, Marty Scott, Scott Rudin, Sychronicity, Toni Kotite, Walt Disney Studios
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Disney ought to leave this one alone.
- July 10, 2008 at 4:38 PM
I looooooove sychronized swimming, what's wrong with you?
It's the event I look forward to most when watching the Olympics.
- July 10, 2008 at 5:17 PM
- Annie said...
Kind of excited about this... ! Keep us updated.
(I love synchronized swimming, too...and Will Ferrell movies; it's a win-win.)
- July 10, 2008 at 8:12 PM
I think Urban Myth was joking. Sarcastic actually.
- July 10, 2008 at 9:44 PM
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There are a few problems with the explanation of the dir attribute in http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/mod-attribute-collections.html#col_Bi-directiona l. 1) The second sentence of the first paragraph says: "This direction overrides the inherent directionality of characters as defined in [UNICODE],..." This is wrong when dir="ltr" or dir="rtl", although true for the "lro" and "rlo" values. 2) The CSS rules given as normative definitions for the values "ltr" and "rtl" do not match the rules given in the CSS2 spec for the HTML dir attribute (cf. http://localhost/w3c/TR/CSS2/sample.html#bidi) and appear to be wrong. Specifically, the unicode-bidi property should be "embed", not "normal", as this is necessary for a dir attribute appearing on an inline element to create a new embedding level. In support, note that the CSS2 spec says "For the 'direction' property to have any effect on inline-level elements, the 'unicode-bidi' property's value must be 'embed' or 'override'." (cf. http://localhost/w3c/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#propdef-unicode-bidi). As proposed, the rules for "ltr" and "rtl" would be inoperative on inline elements and would deprive users of the necessary capability of properly declaring bidi embeddings. 3) The section is silent on the somewhat tricky issue of inheritance. HTML4 has a whole subsection on this (cf. http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/dirlang.html#h-8.2.2) Excerpts: "When the dir attribute is set for a block-level element, it remains in effect for the duration of the element and any nested block-level elements." "Inline elements, on the other hand, do not inherit the dir attribute." Section 8.2.6 (http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/dirlang.html#h-8.2.6) is probably also relevant. Inheritance also needs to be specified for the new "lro" and "rlo" values. -- François YergeauReceived on Wednesday, 19 February 2003 15:44:52 UTC
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This Swedish artist and model thinks she's a little lost cake, but we think she's doing just fine.
Introduce yourself and tell us where you live and what you do.
-My name is Arvida Byström. I was born in Stockholm in 1991 but I currently live in London. I'm mostly a little lost cake but I'm devoted to photography, which I practice as a profession. I also do some modeling on occasion and billions of other weird stuff.
How did you get started taking photographs?
-I usually say I started because I'm lazy. I used to paint a lot as a kid and early teen but it's easier to just grab a camera and shoot. Now it's not about being lazy; I can spend quite some time on retouching and planning photos. It's not so much about getting started. I grew up in the age where digital cameras were everywhere. I've been shooting photos since I was 12, just because I could, you know? And then it just slowly grew into something more serious.
Would you consider photography your primary artistic medium?
-Yeah. Right now, yeah.
What are some of the main themes and ideas that you try to address with your work?
-Well, I'd say that changes. I guess it's a lot about sexuality since I've been interested in that on a theoretical level for I don't know, just a long time now. But everything isn't about that.
A lot of your art deals with subjects that historically are supposed to make women uncomfortable. How did you decide these were things you wanted to discuss with your work?
-I am really good at feeling weird in group situations, yet I look at myself as a very normal person. This kind of makes me want to take things one could be embarrassed of in front of a group and see if it's possible to make people change their minds, or at least think a little bit about why they might see certain things in certain ways. And I like to present my work in a pretty, popular, cultural and relatable way.
There's a big movement in art and fashion—like with a lot of members of The Ardorous—of embracing symbols that are traditionally girly: pink, cats, florals. How do you think this fits into how your generation is redefining feminism?
-It's all a bit third-wave feminism, isn't it? Or maybe even a fourth-wave, who knows? For me it's about bringing something that's been forever attached to childhood, little girls and unseriousness, and ask if it's possible to see it in another way. What's so unserious about it?
Do you think female sexuality is represented differently when approached by an artist like yourself or Petra Collins than it is when it is approached by an older male artist?
-This is a constant question when it comes to art: the concept and the artist behind it, in opposition to the piece representing something totally by itself. That's a pretty hard question. I'd say that a piece of art can have a personal impact on its own and be important for one person, but in a bigger perspective it kind of matters if a man took the photo or not. It matters if we talk about structures and tendencies. So, basically I'd say looking at one person's art piece and then realizing he is a man does say little about that piece of art. But if we look at who tends to shoot what, and why, then it can say a lot in a bigger perspective.
In addition to working a lot with self-portraits, you also model for a lot of other people. How do you like modeling?
-I used to refuse to let people shoot me after a bad model experience I had when I was younger. Agencies were a horrible experience and I always had too-big hips, which dug me deeper into eating disorders. But then I started to let people shoot me again because I was like, 'Wait, I'm a photographer who enjoys shooting people. How the hell can I refuse to get shot by other people?' And then it started again. But I don't know, the best shoots are with Valerie Phillips. We just hang out, chat a lot, discuss a lot and shoot some during that. That's cool.
Tell us about your hat collaboration.
-Well, haha, it's not that complicated. It's me and Beth, who runs the Girls Get Busy Zine. We just wanted to start to do some shit!
What other projects are you working on right now?
-I'm working on some photos for a Japanese magazine right now. It's kind of exciting. I also work on a lot of tiaras I'm gonna sell on an exhibition that is going to be in Japan as well, but through a total other contact. I'm also making a zine with male babes (whatever that means). I'll also have an exhibition with a friend of mine at the end of this month, which won't be any still photos at all and kind of crazy. Well, we'll see. Things are changing all the time.
Who are five female artists who you think everyone should be aware of?
-Grimes, Dora Moutot is rad, you gotta know Molly Soda, Rosemary Kirton and the Ardorous team. Maybe we will all take over the world some day.
Five Tumblrs to follow?
-I always lose everyone's URL. Sorry.
Who is your favorite cat on the Internet?
-MEOW. TOO MANY. Like, who can't like Grumpy Cat? Grumpy Cat is the BEST. But there are soo many.
Pink or red?
-Pink. The whole concept of my art is pink is better than red.
Film or Digital?
Mermaids or Fairies?
-Aaaw. No hate. I choose both.
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Together with scientists from CI-Brazil, local universities, the New England Aquarium and Boston University, CI's Les Kaufman is exploring Brazil's Abrolhos Bank to learn more about its marine life and connection to local communities, the impact of climate change and how people can better protect the region. Read his first blog from the trip.
We have just returned to CI's office in Bahia from three days at sea, where our team explored the deep, central shelf using technical diving and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
This region is a vast carpet of rhodoliths: roughly spherical objects constructed by many layers of hard red algae. Rhodolith fields like this one represent a reservoir of carbon that could play a significant role in regulating global climate — but to know just what that role might be, and how significant a role, we must learn more about them.
Divers brought rhodoliths to the surface from depths of 70 to 80 meters (230 to 262 feet) using a special gas mix that reduces the chances of decompression sickness, also known as "the bends." When we opened the rhodoliths, we saw that boring by excavating sponges, clams and other organisms is minimal, a sign that the carbon may be stable and not quickly reentering the ocean and the atmosphere.
One scientist on our expedition is studying the creatures that live in and on the rhodoliths, many of which appear to be species that also reside in coral reefs. Other scientists are using the rhodoliths to study changes in ocean and coastal conditions over time.
The other big item bagged in the last few days is a collection of specimens from the buracas: deep holes in the outer Abrolhos Bank. Buracas are often full of fish, so we want to get a better look at their function as "inverted coral reefs" and learn more about how they form.
Today, we head out for another four days of reconnaissance using the ROV — exploring places we still know little about, some of which are in areas where greater protection has been proposed. The weather is promising and our new course is plotted, so out we go for our next Brazilian adventure at sea.
Les Kaufman is a senior marine scientist for CI's Marine Science program. Stay tuned for updates as his trip continues — his blogs are cross-posted on the New England Aquarium's Global Explorers blog.


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An investigation of the allelopathic potential of Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum [L.] Roxb.)
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Invasive species can cause significant changes to their introduced environments. A set of experiments was conducted to determine whether Sapium sebiferum exhibits allelopathic effects on neighboring plants in its introduced range. Bioassays were performed on Sapium, Liquidambar styraciflua, Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon ischaemum, and Lolium perenne seeds using extracts from Sapium, Acer saccharinum, Platanus occidentalis and Liquidambar leaves. Germination and early growth comparisons were made using: (1) solutions treated with activated carbon to remove allelochemicals or left untreated, (2) solutions in a dilution series, and (3) solution mixtures prepared from rinsed leaves or soaked leaves using activated carbon to negate potential allelopathic effects of all but one leaf species in each mixture. In almost every analysis there were few significant predictors. The effects of Sapium extracts on germination or growth never differed from those of the three native tree species' extracts. Allelopathy does not appear to contribute to Sapium's invasive success.


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Purim begins Wednesday night, March 20 and continues through Thursday, March 21, 2019 (March 22 in Jerusalem)
The festival of Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman's plot "to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day." It is celebrated with Megillah readings, gifts of food, charity, feasting, and merriment. Read more . . .


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St. Edward the Confessor School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. The lack of English language skills shall not be a barrier to admission or participation in the district's activities and programs. St. Edward the Confessor School also does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices.


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Sunday, 10 August 2008
The Problem With Plastic
I read quite a few simplicity and 'green' blogs and one thing that I've noticed is the number of people who are trying hard to eliminate any kind of plastic from their lives. I guess I must be the odd one out, because I don't have a problem with plastic per se.
The way I see it is that plastic, polythene and other polymer based substances aren't necessarily bad things - they have their place in our modern society and I'm perfectly happy to use my plastic watering-can, bucket, food storage boxes, garden trug and other bits and pieces and I realise that my telephone is made mostly of plastic, my laptop contains a good deal of it, as does my fridge and a whole host of other useful items. What I'm not happy with is the way in which so many people treat plastics.
It seems to me that the majority still view plastic as something that's easily disposable. It's cheap so they're not losing much when they open the bin and dump it in. Every day,
Apparently, last year 17.5 billion plastic bags were given away by supermarkets here in the UK, equating to 290 bags per person or more than 5 ½ bags for each of us every single day. What on earth are we doing with all those bags?
Also, of the total amount of plastic produced here - around 4.7 million tonnes of it - 35% was produced for packaging alone! That's more than 1.6 million tonnes of plastic packaging!
When you consider that only around 7% of that total was actually recycled, it's no wonder our landfills are overflowing with the stuff, not to mention the amount of plastic that's 'disposed of' in the countryside and on our streets.
Even our oceans aren't free of the stuff. On a world basis, it's estimated that around 46,000 plastic objects are floating within every square mile! Yepp, shocking isn't it? Not only are our beaches being swamped with plastic debris washed up by the tides, but marine life is suffering through our selfish abuse of our own ability to create new substances. In fact, 170 different species of marine wildlife have been reported to have been fatally injured through mistaking plastic for food. Here in the UK an average of 2 plastic items can be found on every square meter of beach, either washed up or left behind by visitors.
Plastic's durable because it doesn't decompose quickly and therein lies the problem. Because it's also cheap to produce and therefore acquire, it's all too easy to just get rid of it again without a thought to where it'll go or what will happen to it.
Thankfully, things are gradually improving. The government have given stores until next spring to reduce the number of plastic carrier bags they hand out by at least 70% or they'll introduce a forced fee per bag with the income going to environmental projects (or so they say). Marks & Spencer have voluntarily introduced a 5p charge per bag and already the number of bags they're handing out has been reduced by 80%, proving that if people have to part with their money for something, they're more likely to think twice about it. Perhaps the problem with plastic is that it's simply too cheap?
When you can buy a bucket for £1.99, it doesn't hurt much to just 'chuck it' and buy a new one when the original's looking past its best or no longer matches the décor, whereas if the same bucket cost £10, I'm sure far more people would think twice.
One of my pet peeves is the amount of plastic that supermarkets use for packaging. I bought two small pork chops a few days ago that were packed in a relatively large plastic tray that was again covered with a sturdy plastic film. Now I realise that, unlike the local butcher, they need to pre-pack their meat while leaving the contents visible but the plastic tray was far larger than it needed to be; at least four, maybe even five, chops would have fitted into it. What a waste!
That's the last time I buy 'small' from the supermarket. I prefer to buy my meat from the butcher anyway, but sometimes I have no choice. From now on, when the supermarket's my only option I shall buy in bulk. Half a dozen chops, chicken breasts or pieces of steak packed in one piece of plastic has to be better than the same packed in three although I know I still won't be entirely happy about opening it, dividing the contents for freezing, and then discarding the plastic. Some I can reuse to at least extend their life a little but not all of them. The butcher, on the other hand, wraps his meat in a small piece of plastic film and then greaseproof paper - very little packaging in comparison.
Any plastic carrier bags that come into the house are reused as bin liners - the council still prefers us to wrap our waste rather than dump it straight into the bin (health & safety) and I'm blowed if I'm buying special bin liners! I have a friend who only ever uses scented bin-liners but throws her carrier bags straight into the bin. What, I ask you, is the point?
As I said, plastic is here to stay and has its place in our lives - it's the way in which we use it that I have a problem with.
Sharon J
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- Frugal Trenches said...
I think you are right it is about a balance. I do try to reduce my plastic and in truth don't use much - I have a water bottle I use instead of constantly buying new water bottles, I buy most of my veggies and fruit from a family run shop that doesn't give out bags, I use my plastic bags over and over again and use them for rubbish (therefor don't have to purchase bin bags!)
I think life is about a balance in all respects. The problems have been because there has been no balance people have used in excess without thought!
- 10 August 2008 at 10:27
- Frugal Trenches said...
p.s. I so love your blog :)
p.p.s. sorry about the spelling mistakes above, my keyboard is sticky today!!
- 10 August 2008 at 10:28
good post sharon
-I have a few things, washing basket, plastic tubs etc around the home and i figured as long as i don't throw them away, just keep using them and using them it'll be ok. I'll just make better informed choices if i ever need to buy anything from now on.
-We have to use bags in our bin so i buy recycled ones and limit the amount i use
-carrier bags have become extinct in our house, i've even put a post it note on the back door reminding people to take a bag with them, as its easy to forget
- 10 August 2008 at 11:16
- Sharon J said...
Frugal Trenches. I totally agree re balance in life.
In Norway they have a saying that roughly translated means "you can have anything or do anything you want but only if it's within reason".
Glad you enjoy the blog. It makes writing it so much more worthwhile :)
MoveToPortual. I was going to buy a tall, slim bin but when I realised I'd need special bags, decided against it and bought a smaller pedal bin instead. I also find that having a small bin means I'm more aware of how much rubbish I'm generating.
- 10 August 2008 at 11:21
Good idea about making plastic products more costly but too many people would be up in arms if that happened.
- 10 August 2008 at 13:09
- Gavin said...
Hi Sharon. You are spot on with this post. Plastic in some forms have good uses as long as they can be recycled upon disposal. Shopping bags are in the process of being banned in South Australia (legislation in place), with a similar scheme proposed in my state of Victoria. But unfortunately the other states were not willing to compromise so no bans are planned. Kim always says that she finds it hard to believe that we are all one county (she is from the UK originally). With no federal gov intervention likely, it looks like the bag is here to stay in most of Australia for a while to come.
Having said that, the vast majority of our waste is now non-recyclable plastic, with most of it being food packaging. Such a waste!
We converted over to reusable shopping bags years ago, but sometimes even with our bags at the front of the conveyor infront of our groceries, the checkout chick still starts to load up our goods into the flimsy thin bags. I would hate to think how many times I have received the stare when I have asked her/him to repack into my own bags! They just don't think.
- 10 August 2008 at 13:23
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Sorry about all the comments. My iPod touch had a gremlin and decided to lock up on me!
- 10 August 2008 at 13:29
- Sharon J said...
Louise. Yes, I think you're right there. People tend to want everything as cheap as possible these days and that's probably so as they can dispose of it without any financial guilt.
Gavin. It is a bit odd that Australia seems to have lots of different 'rules' depending on where in the country you are.
I can imagine the look the check-out girls give you. They're probably so used to packing plastic carrier bags that they do it mindlessly. It must be rather like working on a factory production line I suppose.
No worries about the comments :)
- 10 August 2008 at 14:25
Your right Sharon.. it's how we use it. I still have some plastic items around the house and continue to use them. I just try wherever I can to purchase only when necessary and look for more durable alternatives if it's something that would mean I'm buying plastic on a regular.
Hear hear for the supermarket packaging!
- 10 August 2008 at 15:55
- Chris said...
Hi! Somebody must have been having my share of plastic bags for a very long time as I have a cotton bag with me all the time and cannot recall the last time I had to have a shop bag! Have my "bags for life" for the little bit of supermarket shopping I need to do!
Plastic has to be part of my life! Medical supplies are a huge part of my life - all plastic and I have to use it! No choice - that or die! As much as I can is reccyled but a large percentage has to go in the clinical waste bags which yes you've guessed it are plastic!
Any rubbish is recycled where possible but there are some things which are not suitable or nbot yet accepted by our Council recycling scheme.
I was reading on a cereal box at my parents recently that if every customer recycled the box of this particualr cereal alone it was the equiv of 101 double decker buses of cardboard in a year - and I have a strong feeling a lot of that ends of in landfill because people cannot be "bothered" or don't know as yet the impact that it has on the world to just throw it away!
Thanks as ever for the thoughts here!
- 10 August 2008 at 17:25
- Sharon J said...
apieceofwood. There are some very cheap and nasty disposable plastic products about, that's true, and I'd also much rather choose durability over that too.
Chris. I hear you on the meds. I also create huge amounts of waste, a lot of which is plastic and have no choice but to 'dump' it. Feed bags, syringes, giving sets, fluid dishes, forceps, bottles... it's awful really. In fact, I think there may well be a blog post coming on about this!
The cereal box info was interesting but while it's good they're trying to make people aware, why not just take away the cardboard packaging? I've never understood why we have to buy bags of stuff in boxes.
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We have some big games coming up on UFL tonight, with giants Bayern, Arsenal, PSG, Atletico, Manchester City and Barcelona all set to play! There will be one platinum, four golds, one silver and two bronze games.
Below are the players you should draft in order to win your games.
Arsenal v PSG
The winner of this match will most likely have the easier passage in the round-of-16 in the spring. PSG entertain Ludogrets at home next while Arsenal travel to Switzerland to play Basel in the final game of the group stage, so the emphasis will be on Arsenal to emerge with three points from this tie.
The pair drew 1-1 at the Parc des Princes when they last met, but the French side have the form coming into this tie, winning eight of their previous nine games to Arsenal's six, who have only one win in three this month.
Who to draft?
In Ibrahimovich's absence, Edison Cavani has averaged a goal every 79 minutes this season, netting 15 in as many games! In UFL points however, this has only translated to 91 points a game over the last three. Draft him and time your Sharp Shooter right and you could see yourself top the leaderboards, time it wrong and you'll waste coins.
UFL recommends you prioritise drafting Marco Vaeratti first. The Italian has been PSG's highest scorer over the past three Champions League games, averaging an incredible 146 UFL points! Draft him ASAP.
Arsenal's highest scorer in the previous three has been Ozil, with 170 points. Behind Ozil, is Sanchez on 131 points and the consistent Mustafi with 95 points a game- a solid second pick after you've drafted one of the two above.
Borussia v Manchester City
Top scorers for Manchester City over the past three Champions League games vs Celtic, Barcelona (Away) and Barcelona (Home)
Ilkay Gundogan: 111,71,157
Raheem Sterling: 137,62,40
David Silva: 142,42,73
Fernandinho: 128,53,30
Celtic v Barcelona
Top scorers for Barcelona over the past three Champions League games vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, Man City (Home) and Man City (Away)
Lionel Messi: N/A,233,117
Neymar: 61,112,67
Luis Suarez: 56,44,31
Javier Mascherano: 129,47,72
Who will YOU pick on UFL for Gameweek 5? Tweet us your drafted players.


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One of the things that I tell everyone BEFORE attending a Copic class is to label their markers.
There are a few ways to do this easily.
1. Use another Copic marker (Black) to write your initials on the barrel of each of your markers. The advantage to this is that if you ever need to get rid of it (ie. if you sell/trade your markers) you can just use the Blender solution (or hand sanitizer) to remove it.
If you don't have a Black Copic marker you can use a Sharpie pen but be careful not to use your blender pen to remove that ink as the Sharpie ink will stain the Blender pen nib and may transfer later when you don't want it to!
Another advantage is that if you ever leave behind or misplace the marker it will make it easy to identify it with your initials.
The disadvantage to this method is that you can't label the marker your using to label your markers. In this case I would just borrow someone else's (same colour) to label that marker. DYKWIM?
2. Use your label maker (who doesn't have one of these???) or print labels off your computer to make personalized labels and apply those to the barrell of your marker.
3. Use some kind of coloured tape to wrap around your marker. I personally use thin purple coloured masking tape for my markers. I like that I can easily visually spot which markers are mine.
My daughter has her own markers now and I used the tape idea to label hers.
She picked out PINK hockey tape!
Since she's also taking them away to school with her in the fall I'm going to add her initials to each one as well.
Whatever method you use make sure that as you add to your collection of markers you are able to continue with the same labelling process.
If you have any other ideas for labelling your markers please leave a comment. I'd love to hear it!
Until Next Time!


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There's no great fanfare over here at Speekee Central but we're quietly proud of the achievement: 10 years in operation!
I still remember quite vividly the wildly creative brainstorming process in early 2006 – those reams of paper (actually it was an extremely long roll of Spanish paper tablecloth of the type commonly found in bars!) which filled all walls in a very large room, and onto which we penned idea after idea. After that of course we had to narrow it all down until we had a concept we could really work with.
We had already looked at other products on the market – quite few and far between in those days – and had paid particular attention not only to the Spanish content but the way that content was being delivered. We concluded that the content itself jumped too often from easy to difficult and then back again, and felt strongly that it had to be possible to make a Spanish course which would start out very simple and never become too difficult for the learner.
You know, we considered presenting the Spanish in cartoon form. However, one of the brainstorming phrases clearly pointed towards the value real Spanish spoken by real Spanish children, and that idea quickly became very appealing once we learned that children in southern Spain are natural performers in front of a camera (don't be fooled, the Speekee kids are not professional actors!).
Then there was the idea of a puppet to help teach the children. You can read all about how Speekee herself was made in this blog post.
Initially we were not aware of the Homeschool market, but that soon changed and over the years we have developed extremely comprehensive and well received programs for parents wishing to teach their children Spanish at home. We named these programs FastTrack and Accelerate.
FastTrack came first and was followed by Accelerate, by which time we had made a second series of videos aimed at helping kids in an older age range, around 8-12.
Schoolteachers were always in the forefront of our thinking processes and so we made for them a Scheme of Work which has constantly evolved according to demand, and continues to do so. We listen to teachers' requirements and implement their suggestions whenever and wherever possible, concentrating always on making their lesson planning as simple and clear as we can. For example, a teacher recently told us she was making her own printable vocabulary sheets for each unit. She suggested these should be available as part of the Speekee Scheme of Work – saving her time of course – and we agreed. Updates such as these are ongoing, just as they should be.
Let us not forget Speekee Play either. It's an interactive Spanish learning platform where children can communicate and play together, safely and securely, using all the Spanish language presented in the Speekee videos. We look forward to refining this concept as time passes.
Through watching other providers of Spanish learning products for children via Facebook, I have noticed that some have come and gone. It's not easy to create a business – any business – let alone make it work over a period of time. You need to listen to your customers of course. You need to modify the nature of your product according to those customer demands. You need to be smart.
You also need a little luck along the way!
How long have you been a Speekee user? Have you noticed how the product has evolved over the years? It's always great to hear from you!
Jim Porter is a co-founder of Speekee®, the most comprehensive Spanish for kids learning program ever to appear online. Jim's work includes this homeschool Spanish curriculum and this homeschool Spanish curriculum (not a misprint – he wrote two!) and this Primary School Spanish curriculum.
Jim began his Spanish learning journey in 1990. He has been a language teacher since 1994 and he lives in sunny southern Spain with his two bilingual children. Loves it! More…


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Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment: Failure is Impossible
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The 19th amendment celebration was an example of the Arts and Culture Program's employment of theatrical and live presentation techniques to heighten public awareness and understanding of historic events. Over the years the National Archives has commissioned more than a dozen original plays based on the records in its holdings, presented the plays in the Archives' Theater, and shared the scripts with its Presidential libraries, regional archives, and other educational institutions and theaters. Time and again these presentations have demonstrated the effectiveness of using dramatic interpretation as an educational tool for bringing history to life.


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"When it seemed that . . . machine-gunner [Corporal Leonard Hayworth] was shattered beyond all hope, a black-jawed, smiling old veteran crawled over . . . Sitting shoulder to shoulder with the younger man, he calmly told him how they were still holding the line . . . The grimy old veteran talked a feeble smile back upon the face of the corporal. Tears still streaked his face up under his helmet where the rain could not wash them away, but the Old Marine seemed not to notice. [Korea, September 1950.]" This Is War!, p. 26.


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Sheri Deluke Photography for photographing this project and several you see on my blog header and buttons! I appreciate your help and advice so much! I've linked this project to SNS Funky Junk Interiors "Sticks, Twigs and Branches" Come take a look at all the great projects.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Quick fall project for you! Get back to nature
Sheri Deluke Photography for photographing this project and several you see on my blog header and buttons! I appreciate your help and advice so much! I've linked this project to SNS Funky Junk Interiors "Sticks, Twigs and Branches" Come take a look at all the great projects.
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What a great new blog you have! You tree project is full of inspiration! I just love that you used popcorn! My favorite!
My fav is those heart punched receipts... adorable!
You are very talented, dear one!
What a great visit. I'm going to be looking for a branch to decorate for my mantle.
This project is soooo me! What a clever idea to display vintage items on the branches. I have to make this. Also, thanks for the tip on using popcorn. I have been filling my bottles with candy and that gets expensive. Also, thank you for stopping by my blog and becoming a new follower!!ReplyDelete
popcorn! who'd a thought!!!!ReplyDelete
I am soooooo inspired by this idea...my little brain is going CRAZY!
Should I miss work today or play with popcorn?
See what ya started????
You're just brilliant!
Ladies - thank you for your kind words and for stopping by. I'm so glad I inspired you. Send me pics of what you make please. Definitely call in sick and get started right away. I'm going to let the cat out of the bag and tell you I stole the popcorn filler idea from a little project in Scrapbook Etc. Don't you love the color? Perfect for fall.ReplyDelete
this is just darling! what a fun little project! thank you for visiting me! have a beautiful day! susanReplyDelete
Thanks, Susan. I just saw your cute little acorn project. So easy and screaming fall.ReplyDelete
The simplicity of that project is what makes it so cool!ReplyDelete
I agree, Karla. I love simple projects I can do in a few hours the most. Of course I have a few that get better with age...lol. Thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by.ReplyDelete
i love everything about your blog, I wouldn't even know where to start. I grew up in a town where you had to wait for the chickens to cross the road, and my parents still do. When I had my kids I took them down to the same little hair studio where I got my first hair cut and everything was still the same. When I get to stop moving around with the military I hope to find a town just like that again. Can't wait to see your etsy shop! Please check out my blog and find my etsy and my facebook and such!!ReplyDelete
Love, a new faithful follower...Rheanna
loving everything old and vintage as well
PS: found you from The Creative Girl Party blog hop!
- AnonymousOctober 2, 2010 at 8:12 AM
lOVE IT... I am here from the Creative Girl party. I'm not following the rules, as your not above me on the list! Oh well, you caught my eye...lolReplyDelete
Cindy - I did the same thing. I ran through about 15 different blogs last night and had a very good time. I'm heading over to your blog now. Take care and thanks for stopping by.ReplyDelete
Hi Vicki! Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving such sweet comments and linking up to the party! Oh my goodness I absolutely love your blog and I'm so glad to meet you here in blogland! :-) I look forward to seeing much more of you and now I must go look through all of your other posts and spend a shameful amount of time here!ReplyDelete
I LOVE how yours turned out! That was a fun project. Thanks for giving us the idea! :DReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love how this turned out! It is really gorgeous! So simply charming!! I made a few branches into a tree as well ! Love this idea!! Thank you for joining feathered nest Friday!! Nice to meet you! :)ReplyDelete
Vanessa, Kel and Courtney - Thank you for your kind words. I'm really enjoying myself!ReplyDelete
Cute idea Vicki.ReplyDelete
See you are relatively new to blogging.
Would love to introduce you to my friends.
I'm your newest follower!!
barbara jean
PS who designed your blog? Love it!!
Too cool...this is such a great way to use up odds and ends! It's a very unique way of showing off your craftiness!ReplyDelete
Awww... this is cute! It takes me back to my childhood where my brother and I use to make gumdrop trees out of branches. :) Love it!ReplyDelete
Such a sweet project. Love your little blog world over here!ReplyDelete
I love all of your little vintage finds!ReplyDelete


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your bells, your incense and oil;
when you saw him walking through crowds
paying his taxes, spitting in mud,
loving his enemies?
What did you expect when he unrolled the scroll,
broke your rules, fulfilled the law;
when he challenged your pride and died
on a thief's cross?
Who did you expect:
A righteous warrior?
A crown prince?
Certainly not the Suffering Servant,
the Sacrificial Lamb.
What did you expect when you
put on the respectable clothes,
drove too fast, went to his house,
looked for your seat, the one with your name?
What did you expect, arms folded
mouthing songs about more about yourself than him;
critiquing the offering protocol, the message,
waiting to feel better?
Who did you expect:
A good-looking rock star?
A charismatic politician?
Certainly not the Risen Christ,
the Almighty Lord.
What does he expect, but a
heart broken and pure:
clean hands, empty of straws
grasped in a rush of fear;
eyes fixed on him?
Who does he expect?
The ones he calls "Beloved,"
even them,
even me,
even you.


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"Subprogram 2 continues the good reforms achieved in subprogram 1 by focusing on the stated priorities of the government and providing support to achieve their reform program," said ADB Principal Public Management Specialist for the Pacific Ms. Pamela Wyatt.
Apart from the USD2.5 million grant sourced from ADB's Special Funds resources, the World Bank and the governments of Australia and New Zealand are also supporting the implementation of the program's reforms.
Comprised of 33 islands spread over 5 million square kilometers of ocean, Kiribati is one of the most remote and geographically dispersed countries in the world. The capital Tarawa is about 4,000 kilometers from the major trade markets of Australia, Hawaii, and New Zealand. The extreme remoteness and large dispersion create major challenges for service delivery. Private sector development has been constrained by high business, investment, and connectivity costs.
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