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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Reflections of #lrnchat: 21st Century Skills, Literacies, & Fluencies
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Why Waste Time Learning, When Ignorance is Instantaneous?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Reflections on #lrnchat: Using a Conference Backchannel for Attendees and Non-Attendees
The topic of this week's #lrnchat session was "Using a Conference Backchannel for Attendees and Non-Attendees."
I always find looking at the questions that are used to loosely guide the chat as a nice way to see the overall theme of the chat. Here are the five discussion questions that were presented to the group:
Q1) As a conference ATTENDEE what is good/easy about using the conference backchannel?
Q2) As a conference NON-ATTENDEE what is good/easy about using the conference backchannel?
Q3) What can conference tweeters do to improve their tweets for the non-attendee backchannel followers?
Q4) What gets you to start following a conference backchannel?
Q5) How can we bridge the non/attendee gap even better?
Key Learning Points
The backchannel was a hot topic this week, mainly due to the recent DevLearn conference held in San Francisco the previous week. There was a very strong backchannel generated from the conference, resulting in enhanced learning for conference attendees as well as those that were unable to attend DevLearn in person. This week's #lrnchat explored backchannels, including how they create value, and how the community can increase the value a backchannel generates.
The discussion started by exploring what is good or easy about backchannels, both from the perspective of a conference attendee and a non-attendee.
Participating in the backchannel when you are in attendance can provide a number of great benefits.Many people have started using the backchannel as their tool for taking notes. This works very well, as you get the benefit of not only your notes, but the notes of the entire backchannel community. That idea - community - was a common thread in the attendee backchannel discussion.
When you participate in a backchannel as an attendee, you are adding to not only your own learning, but to the learning of the entire conference community. In addition, you enhance your networking, as you often encounter individuals on the backchannel that you may want to connect with face-to-face while at the conference.
For non-attendees, one of the major benefits is the ability to participate in some of the conference learning at no cost. There are always caps to budgets, especially these days, so finding learning opportunities with minimal cost is essential. The backchannel is an excellent resource in that regard.
The backchannel is also provides non-attendees with an excellent resource for deciding which conferences they may attend in the future. If you see conference value in a backchannel, there's a very good chance it would be valuable to attend in-person in the future, should that be an option.
One of the greatest benefits of the backchannel applies to both attendees and non-attendees: Building your Personal Learning Network, or PLN. Any time you are interested in a conference, there is a high likelihood that you share some sort of a connection with every other potential attendee. I'd be hard pressed to find a better resource for building your PLN than the backchannel. Every backchannel tweet has the potential to be 'followed' and added to your learning resources.
From there the discussion moved on to what conference tweeters can do to improve their tweets for the non-attendee backchannel. There were a number of great suggestions here, including:
- Including links to deeper content, such as pictures, websites, and blogs
- Regularly check your 'Mentions' to see if someone from the backchannel has sent you a question, and if so, reply accordingly
- As a presenter, you can auto-schedule tweets of main points so that they come out at the appropriate time during your presentation
- Using the generally accepted hashtag on your tweets, and the session hashtag for concurrent sessions
For non-attendees, there were two major themes for following a conference hashtag. The first is somewhat obvious; You follow a hashtag for a conference you would like to attend but are unable to in person. The second reason is somewhat less obvious, and possible more valuable. When you see a tweet from a respected follow that includes a hashtag you are not familiar with, search that hashtag. Often, you will discover a valuable conference backchannel that you did not even know existed. Even better, you will likely encounter new people to follow and add to your personal learning network.
The session concluded with a discussion on what we can due to further bridge the gap between live and backchannel conference attendees. I always like questions like this in #lrnchat, as it almost serves as a brainstorming session for your Personal Learning Network.
There were a number of good ideas shared, including:
- Have conference organizers foster the backchannel in advance, which could be as easy as publicizing a hashtag for the conference
- Have someone assigned the task of being the 'voice' of the backchannel, monitoring the feed and bringing the backchannel feedback into live sessions
- Setting up a schedule backchannel chat where people can interact live - similar to what #lrnchat does
There are always at least a couple of tweets that resonate well with the topic and seem to really strike a chord. As always, you can find the full transcripts at http://lrnchat.com/. Here are a few that stuck out to me from today's sessions:
On what is good or easy about the Conference Backchannel for ATTENDEES:
@hamtra: Finding like minded attendees, finding out what is happening in other sessions
@cellodav: Lets me know what others are thinking as we're listening to the same thing
@kylemackie: Backchannel connects people, builds community, crowdsources knowledge
@trchandler: RT @KoreenOlbrish: the backchannel lets me take real-time notes <-- and tap into everyone's notes as well
@jaycross: It's great watching us create understanding and knowledge around our professional areas 140 characters at a time.
On what is good or easy about the Conference Backchannel for NON-ATTENDEES:
@learninganorak: That sense of inclusion when you couldn't make it to the event
@CraigTaylor74: Great for picking up useful links & for making new contacts
@innerquest: It removes the financial and geographical barriers to participation and learning
@KoreenOlbrish: Backchannels as a nonattendee give me insight as to where i need to be the NEXT year
On what conference tweeters can do to improve their tweets for the non-attendee backchannel:
@c4lpt: As a conf presenter I auto-tweet my presentation (key points, questions etc) to try and engage non-attendees
@joshcav: I think it's great when there's photos/video/audio attached to the tweets
@jzurovchak: Definitely include session hashtags and even room numbers and times (in case attendees want to switch sessions…)
@mrch0mp3rs: Engage constructively with other participants. Be the voice of the virtual attendees, asking questions out loud they can't ask.
On what gets you to start following a conference backchannel:
@sguditus: When members of my PLN use a hashtag, along with a catchy reason, in 140 characters or less!
@learninganorak: When I'm following someone who RTs something that catches my imagination
@StephanieDaul: Conference Organizers being part of the channel
@minutebio: The pre-conference back channel can psych me up to follow during conference
On how we can better bridge the Non/Attendee gap:
@cellodav: Designate someone to ask Qs on behalf of non-attendees and someone to post the answers
@Dave_Ferguson: Conf folks could propose, even publish session-related hashtags — ideally short ones. DL10 good. ABCDconference2010, bad.
@KristinTho: Teach conf planners & attendees to include articles, photos, videos, blogs etc, not just quotes and reactions
@nickfloro: Setup scheduled conversations (ie #lrnchat) where they can chat, exchange, learn, ask questions and request info
@kelly_smith01: Provide reviews/blogs on sessions include names, sources, links, publications through SoMe and #lrnchat
For me the most thought provoking tweet came not as an answer to one of the five guided questions, but from an exchange I had with @moehlert in which he said "Let's be clear about the value of a conference". That concept of value was a key theme of the chat.
There are three key stakeholders in a conference backchannel. In the #lrnchat discussion we really only touched on two of them: Attendees and Non-Attendees. We looked at what defines 'value' for both, and how they can meet in the middle to make a better experience for all. But what about that third stakeholder - The conference organizers?
The conference organizers are in a great position to foster a strong backchannel for their event. It's important to remember though, that their key metric for a successful event is paid attendance. The backchannel is an excellent resource that can add to an overall experience for attendees, but it can also be a leech to live attendance. It may never replace face-to-face, but as technology continues to evolve, the learning gap between attendees and backchannel will continue to shrink.
Think about this. I have no doubt that the next phone I purchase will give me the ability to post the following link to the backchannel:
Great session being led by John Smith on protecting intellectual property. Click here to watch the live feed from my cell...
That sort of option would no doubt affect attendance. I think in order for backchannels to continue to evolve as a learning resource, conference organizers must be actively engaged to ensure that their is balanced value for all.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
DevLearn10 Learning Resources: Collected
In the spirit of that technique, here are some of the many resources I have collected and bookmarked as part of my DevLearn10 backchannel learning. I hope this list is of value to both backchannel learners and live attendees looking to enhance their learning.
For starters, the official conference website has the program guide and handouts available. You can access it HERE.
DevLearn 2010 Recap by Philip Hutchison
Three Lessons Learned at DevLearn 2010 by Phil Cowcill
DevLearn 2010 Reflections by Koreen Olbrish
DevLearn 2010 - but no time for blogging! by Jane Hart
DevLearn 10: Day 1 by Jay Cross
DevLearn 10: Day 2 by Jay Cross
DevLearn 10: Finale by Jay Cross
What I Learned at DevLearn 10 by Steve Nguyen
2 Emerging Learning Trends Distilled from DevLearn 2010 by Nemo
DevLearn 10 Opens in San Francisco by Bill Brandon
Live from DevLearn 2010 by Jeanine O'Neill-Blackwell
DevLearn 2010 - Part 2 by Jeanine O'Neill-Blackwell (Added November 12th)
DevLearn 10, The Aftermath... by Laura Dickson
In the Middle of the Curve by Wendy Wickham
My DevLearn 2010 Experience (#DL10) by Brian Dusablon (Added November 12th)
My (first) DevLearn 2010 review: A different perspective by Kevin Thorne (Added November 12th)
DevLearn 10 Notes by Michael McCabe (Added November 12th)
DevLearn 2010 Conference Wrap by Jill Duffy (Added November 12th)
The DevLearn 2010 Write Up (#DL10) by Aaron Silvers (Added November 12th)
The Wrap-Up...Much Later Than I'd Intended... by Shawn Rosler (Added November 18th)
The DevLearn 2010 Cheat Sheet: Refresh Yourself on 4 Key Takeaways (Interviews) by Nemo (Added December 3rd)
Slide Presentations
25+ mLearning Tools in 60 Minutes by B. J. Schone
The State of Learning in the Workplace Today by Jane Hart
Intro to Compressing Audio and Video AND Best Practices for Working with Video in Learning by Nick Florio
Mining the Value of Microsharing by Steve Nguyen
Games for Learning by Richard Culatta
Design Thinking + Democracy by Aaron Silvers
Session-Specific Discussions
John Seely Brown: The Power of Pull by Brian Dusablon
Translating tried and true engagement (Jane Bozarth session) by Jeff Narvid
The State of Learning in the Workplace Today (Jane Hart session) by Sumeet Moghe
The New Social Learning with Marcia Conner - Live Blog by Sumeet Moghe
How to Create a Podcast for e-Learning, DevLearn 2010 (Rick Nielsen session) by Jill Duffy
Multiple Session Notes by Shawn Rosler
Understanding the Tools of the Social Learning Landscape (Mark Oelhert workshop) by Sumeet Moghe
John Seely Brown: The Power of Pull (Mind Map) by Clark Quinn
The e-Learning Guild Announces DemoFest 2010 Winners by Bill Brandon (Added November 12th)
#Lrnchat Live at DevLearn by Jane Hart
Visualization of the #Dl10 Tweet Stream via the Archivist
Making Connections by Harold Jarche
Flickr Stream by Charles Jennings
Enterprise Social Learning Needs Porous Walls by Sumeet Moghe
The Faces of e-Learning by Kevin Thorne
#dl10 Tweet Stream Archive for 11/1 through 11/7
A collection of DevLearn 10 photos started by @onEnterFrame
e-Learning Pros: What did we want to be? by Cammy Bean
e-Learning Product Launches announced at DevLearn by Learning Solutions Magazine
DevLearn 10 Conference and Expo Pics by The eLearning Guild (Added November 12th)
I will be adding to this list as I discover new resources, and will tweet updates if warranted. If you know of a valued resource I should add to the list, please add it to the comments or tweet me a link to @LnDDave.
If you find these collections of value, I have posts that consolidate the backchannel resources from other conferences. An archive of all of these posts can be accessed by clicking the link below:
Click here to access the archive of backchannel resource posts.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Reflections on #lrnchat: What is Holding Us Back as an Industry?
The topic of this week's #lrnchat session was "What is Holding Us Back as an Industry?."
I always find looking at the questions that are used to loosely guide the chat as a nice way to see the overall theme of the chat. Here are the five discussion questions that were presented to the group:
Q1) What is holding us back as an industry?
Q2) What is holding back your organization?
Q3) What is holding you back as an individual?
Q4) What is needed to set your organization free?
Q5) What is needed to set *you* free?
Key Learning Points
The #lrnchat discussions are an excellent source of development for L&D professionals. It is one of many resources we can use to develop our skills, add to our knowledge, and help continuing to move ourselves and our profession moving forward. This week's discussion looked at the other side of that coin; what is holding us back?
The discussion first focused on what is holding back the L&D profession. Our industry needs to become business focused in every aspect. Our work needs to provide value to all of our stakeholders, be there investment be financial support or their investment of time via participation. We need to get away from the widget-based metrics of the past and focus on the impact and value our effort have on critical business performance.
Next we focused on what is holding back our organizations. I found that many of the obstacles discussed regarding our organizations were directly tied to the obstacles focused by our profession. One of the more common themes discussed was the continuing battle with organizational silos. If departments continue to manage their own learning and performance issues in a vacuum, how can the organization possibly reach their overall performance goals and objectives?
From there the conversation migrated towards what holds us back as individuals. There were a number of challenges described, from resources to time, and from knowledge to empowerment. Ultimately though, almost all of the items shared were shackles we choose to wear. Even if they were placed on us by someone else, we have the power to choose to take them off.
The discussion continued with what would be required to set the organization free. There were a number of options shared, all of which shared one theme: the L&D group can not set the organization free by itself. We need the assistance and support of others in the organization, from senior management, to middle managers, to front line. Setting the organization free requires changing the organization's culture, and that takes time and buy-in across all levels.
The discussion concluded with what would be required to set *you* as an individual free. I was a little surprised to see a number of responses to this question that suggested things that we don't have control over, such as bandwidth, budget, and other resources. I go back to my shackles analogy from earlier; when it comes to breaking out of the shackles, I want to be the one with the key. If I have to wait for someone else to give me the key, I could be waiting a very long time.
Unfortunately, the answers to these question are not that different than the answers you would have received five or ten years ago. I think that many of those who participate in #lrnchat are, by nature, forward thinkers, and are likely ahead of the curve in these areas. In order to get our profession to move forward, we need to find a way to get those who are not early adopters to jump on the train. That would change the perception of the 'norm' for Learning and Performance programs. If we can do that, many of the obstacles individuals and organizations encounter would be eliminated.
Throughout the discussion ideas and strategies were shared that can help learning professionals adjust to the shifting landscape of workplace learning and performance. Whether you are a novice learning professional or a more seasoned professional that is looking to help build a bridge for novices, you will find many great ideas shared in the discussion. As always, you can find the full transcripts at http://lrnchat.com/.
There are always at least a couple of tweets that resonate well with the topic and seem to really strike a chord. Here are a few that stuck out to me from today's sessions:
On what is holding us back as an industry:
@Quinnovator: lack of evidence-based practice, lack of recognition of the need to look at 'big L' Learning: perf support, social, and more
@wilko64: Not understanding who our learning audience is and why they WANT to learn. Not understanding Knowledge work skill needs
@britz: We are often the barrier – we talk learning too much and not enough abt performance, execution, revenue..etc
On what is holding back our organizations:
@britz: Poor execution…lack of communication…oh, and silos…damn you silos!
@everyselearning: Money was holding back my org until I realized how to use FREE as a business model.
@TriciaRansom: Guts, time, $$$, resources (or lack thereof), lack of energy
On what is holding us back as individuals:
@smklausner: Easy to rely on the familiar
@gminks: Not connecting with you guys enough. Forgetting I'm not alone.
@wlonline: Organizational "rules"
@jkunrein: Being honest here... Fear of not being taken seriously if I try the crazy things I dally want to.
On what is needed to break an organization free:
@Quinnovator: "If it is to be, it can not be just me" via @marciamarcia
@lewismal: Higher level champions who will encourage and reward wise risk taking.
@JaneBozarth: cooperation from the middle layer
On what is needed to break *you* free:
@Catherine_Delia: Participating in a chat like this opens new avenues for ideas.
@TriciaRansom: I find I do best work when I have tight constraints. Forces me to be innovative and focused.
@LandDDave: If what you need to set yourself free needs to be provided by someone else, well, you're pretty much screwed.
In my past Reflections on #lrnchat posts, I have ended the summary with what I consider the most thought provoking tweet of the chat. I'm going to cheat on that pattern a bit this time.
For me the most thought provoking tweet came not during the chat, but the morning after from @britz: last nites #lrnchat left me wanting. Good Q's such as "What's holding you, industry, & org back?" But wish we added "what R u doing abt it?"
That's a perfect way of summing up my thoughts on the chat as well. As with learning, knowing something isn't what matters; it's applying that knowledge in a constructive way that matters. Perhaps we'll cover what we're personally going to do to break free our shackles in a follow-up discussion.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Tools for BackChannel Learning: DevLearn10
Another important part of the program guide review is planning what sessions you want to learn from. This, again, is in some ways even more important for the backchannel learner. When I attend a conference in person, my 'work calendar' for those days consists of something like this:
DevLearn really raised the bar for program guides this year with their excellent program guide app pictured to the left. Powered by EventPilot, this app truly set a high bar for future conferences. Then again, would you expect less from the leading e-learning conference and expo?
There are a great number of desktop and online tools that provide additional Twitter functionality not found via Twitter.com. Leveraging these tools can greatly enhance backchannel learning.
The tool that I use is one of the most popular: TweetDeck. TweetDeck enables a user to follow multiple Twitter feeds simultaneously. At first glance TweetDeck may seem overwhelming; in reality, it is actually filtering the Twitter stream into more targeted and actionable information. Using TweetDeck, I can simultaneously monitor my primary Twitter feed, as well as various search options.
Another reason I like TweetDeck is that it very well supports the in-and-out nature of backchannel learning. I can very easily review the tweet stream for a bit, return to my regular work for a period of time, and come back to TweetDeck without missing a beat.
I leverage TweetDeck's 'Clear All' button for this purpose. During DevLearn, I have TweetDeck running as shown in the above image. When I have the opportunity to review the backchannel, I do so. When I need to return to regular work, I click the Clear All button in each column to clear out the tweets. That way, when I return to TweetDeck later, I know anything on my screen is new and I should review.
Engage in Conference Learning Activities
DevLearn10 had a couple of excellent activities that expanded on the learning and engagement of the conference. One such activity that I participated in was called Backchatter.
Backchatter is an interesting game that further engages conference attendees. The idea behind Backchatter is simple: Participants think about the conference and choose the three words that they think will appear most often during the upcoming 60-90 minutes of backchannel. Those words are scored based on how many participants chose the word, and points are earned every time a tweet contains the word.
It was a simple game with real-time scoring that definitely added another leavel of engagement to the conference. It also enhanced backchannel learning.
For one thing, participating in this game put a backchannel participant on almost equal ground with an in-person attendee, at least in relation to the game. It also further enhanced backchannel learning. One basic rule of learning is just as true in the backchannel as it is in any other type of learning: If you are engaged, you have a better chance of learning. Backchatter definitely succeeds at increasing engagement.
Another way that Backchatter contributed to the learning was a subtle part of it's home page. It included a tag cloud that showed the most commonly chosen words of the participants. Like the program guide, this tag cloud provided a glimpse into the overall themes and ideas that were floating through the minds of conference participants.
Search the Hashtag for Tweets with Links
Monitoring a conference backchannel can be time consuming. Doing so live is preferred, as it gives you the option to interact with conference attendees. Unfortunately, that's not always an option.
When time is an issue, that doesn't eliminate backchannel learning. You can make best use of your limited time by performing an advanced search for tweets that provide more detail for your backchannel learning.
In my previous post on learning from a conference you did not attend, I suggested performing an advanced search looking for blog posts about the conference. For DevLearn10, I used a different approach that I think casts a wider, and more effective, net.
Using the advanced search functionality of Twitter (available at http://search.twitter.com/), search on the conference hashtag. In addition, if you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the search options, you will see an check box option labelled 'Containing Links'; check that. Here's what the results of such a search look like:
Since most tweets referencing blog posts include a link, this search covers that. It also catches much more valuable information for backchannel learning, including:
- Photos from the conference, often including pictures of slides being displayed.
- Links to resources and tools that speakers recommend
- Links to videos that compliment the conference content.
These are just a few of the techniques that can be used for backchannel learning. I have found them very helpful in enabling me to learn a great deal from the DevLearn10 conference. I hope these tips help you learn from an upcoming conference.
If you have any additional tips for learning via the backchannel, please add it via a comment.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Reflections on #lrnchat - Aligning and Evaluating Effective, Efficient, and Engaging Learning
The topic of this week's #lrnchat session was Aligning and Evaluating Effective, Efficient, and Engaging Learning.
I find looking at the questions that are used to loosely guide the chat as a nice way to see the overall theme of the chat. Here are the five discussion questions that were presented to the group:
Q1) How do you ensure your learning solutions are *aligned* with organizational objectives?
Q2) How do you ensure your learning solutions are *effective*?
Q3) How do you ensure your learning solutions are *efficient*?
Q4) How do you ensure your learning solutions are *engaging*?
Q5) How do you *evalute* your learning solutions?
Key Learning Points
The discussion started with a focus on alignment. It's critical that any learning and performance solution be aligned with the overall objectives of the organization. The question is, how can we ensure that this happens?
It starts with something that seems obvious, but is often missing; L&D professionals need to be aware of what the organizational objectives are. Often L&D projects start with a problem that needs to be solved. These needs often come from a specific business unit, who may be requesting something that, in itself, is not aligned with organizational objectives. It is up to the L&D professional to ensure that all solutions have a direct line of sight to organizational objectives.
How do we do that? By consistently keeping the lines of communication open with Senior Leaders. It's also important to realize that successful organizations transform organizational objectives from something employees 'know' to something that they 'live' and 'do'.
From there the discussion moved towards ensuring solutions are effective. There was a similar theme here, as in order for a solution to be effective, it is critical that a thorough analysis be done beforehand and that the design be linked to organizational goals. The only true measure of effectiveness for a solution is whether or not the organizational goal measurement improved.
Next up in the discussion was how we can ensure our solutions are efficient. A common theme here was the need to 'cut the fat' in design. Much of the content in a solution is 'nice to know' instead of 'need to know'. If efficiency is a concern - and it often is in today's economy - we need to cut some of the 'niceties' and place focus on the key performance factors participants need to improve upon.
The brought the conversation towards ensuring solutions are engaging. There were two major themes related to engaging learners. The first was about control, specifically the need to turn it over to the learners. We need to create solutions in which learners can explore, discover, and practice skills that are transferable to the real-work environment.
Another theme towards engagement centered on making the solution 'fun'. I've never really embraced the idea of making learning 'fun', because I more often see the implementation of 'fun' as being a distraction. Fun in a performance solution can be great. However, it must be relevant fun. Fun on it's own is just that: fun. Fun that is relevant to the performance goal is powerful and engaging.
The discussion ended on the topic of how solutions are evaluated. The topic stayed on a more holistic level of evaluation, without getting into the often-debated detail of ROI, ROE, or other process-oriented aspect of evaluation. Most posts agreed that considering evaluation is something that should be done at the beginning of the process of building a solution, and it should be directly linked to the organizational and solution related objectives. In addition, what should be measured should be what impacts the organization, and in most cases that is performance, not learning.
Throughout the discussion ideas and strategies were shared that can help learning professionals build and implement better solutions. This was a chat that was probably of value for all levels of practitioner and included a number of tangible ideas that could immediately be put into practice. As always, you can find the full transcripts at http://lrnchat.com/.
There are always at least a couple of tweets that resonate well with the topic and seem to really strike a chord. Here are a few that stuck out to me from today's sessions:
On how we ensure alignment with organizational objectives:
@Quinnovator: um, *start* with your organizational objectives?
@karen_kelley: make sure everyone agrees what org objectives ARE
@c4lpt: Consider the *performance* outcomes you want to have (rather than the learning outcomes
On how we ensure learning solutions are effective:
@billcush: Learning effective if an org goal improved. What else is there?
@traceyyyz: How to ensure effectiveness? Ongoing learner evaluation and check in. Curric design that is nimble enough to adapt
@ThomasStone: Identify the critical mistakes people make in their jobs, and then measure to see if they are making fewer.
On how we ensure learning solutions are efficient:
@nlkilkenny: Just like with project management, consider constraints (resources, time, funds, etc.)
@briandusablon: Efficiency: again, review, test. Peer feedback – ask the question, "what can I cut?"
@chambo_online: Be a reflective practictioner…Can this be done better? Easier? Quicker? More effectively? Etc., If yes, implement revisions.
On how we ensure learning solutions are engaging:
@LearnNuggets: Simple. Give up control and let learner explore & discover. Let them create their own story while navigating content.
@LandDDave: Reminding learners why they should care always helps.
@c4lpt: "Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement" says Dan Pink in Drive
On how we evaluate learning solutions:
@JamesMcLuckie: Start by planning your evaluation at the *beginning* of the learning design process.
@ThomasStone: ?..are critical mistakes you are targeting reduced after the learning/training initiative?
@jaycross: Open-ended questions provide information. Closed-ended questions tell you what you want to hear.
I think the most thought provoking tweet of the day for me came from @Quinnovator, in reference to engaging learners: get out of the way, let them engage with problems, and provide appropriate resources.
Sometimes 140 characters can accommodate all that needs to be said.
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Valve, the creator of Half-Life, recently opened the doors to its plush headquarters, where we were given an exclusive session with one of the most anticipated games of the year, Half-Life 2: Episode One. We'll have a review for you soon;the game goes live next week on Steam (www.steampowered.com). But, until then, we can tell you what we saw for ourselves.
Episode One is the first in a trilogy of new adventures for Gordon Freeman, Half-Life's bespectacled hero. Throughout the action, you'll be accompanied by Alyx and her mechanical dog. She's no slouch in the combat department and, though she's not invincible, you won't have to work hard to keep her alive - she is, after all, a survivor.
Valve has given Alyx some crunchy moves, and she's always aware of what's going on around you both. Knock an Antlion on to its back with the grav gun, for example, and Alyx will concentrate her fire on it. And, if you blast her out of trouble, Alyx makes sure you know she's grateful. It's this sort of co-op team play that really impresses us about Episode One - it gives every encounter a little bit of extra spice.


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About Me
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- Hi, I'm Pamela Moore. By day, I'm the owner of Compass Human Resources. In my off time, I'm a wife, mother and artist-of-sorts. I love to make greeting cards, which tend to be either collage-style or photo cards (pics by me). I play around with jewelry, gift tags, and other odds and ends. Crafting soothes my nerves and makes my friends and family happy. What else could I ask for?
Monday, March 5, 2012
Pocket Watch Pendant
This amazing pocket watch case is engraved with wonderful flourishes around the sides and on the back. The back pops off so you can fill the inside with whatever you want.
I filled the inside with silk flowers, a cameo, and a vintage chandelier crystal. Then I topped it with some charms and vintage jewelry parts.
The best part is the front window flips open when you push the button on top of the watch. The front glass is a magnifier, so you can really see the inside. When you flip it open, it's just regular glass. Very sweet!
Thanks for visiting. Have a great day.
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by Diane Steinbach
Making Whole is a bi-monthly art therapy column focused on art to heal.
Not long ago I read about an artist that would create small canvas paintings, beautiful creations really, and leave them around a city. The artist would leave the artwork on bus station benches, park benches, at restaurant booths, in churches, store fronts, laundry mats, anywhere people might gather or stop. On the artwork she'd leave a note saying something like," This is for you. This art was meant for you to find today. Take it and keep it. Enjoy it." Some call it Guerilla Art.
Giving away artwork is difficult for some people, just like letting go of our pain and guilt, or our egos and pride. Anytime that we invest ourselves in something and then have to let it go... it is a painful process.
It can also be a rewarding process. The act of investment, and release, although painful, and although grief is part of it, can lighten our emotional load. It can relieve us of our internal baggage, our heavy -hearted burden that we drag with us through life. When we invest, and release, we can discover new skin...new life, new eyes to see the world. A renewed spirit.
Definitely a journey worth taking. Although painful,...it is worth the journey, most would say.
So, with this in mind, this weeks Making Whole art process challenges you to take a small (4x6") pre-stretched art canvas and some acrylic paints and create something beautiful. Whether an abstract swirl of color and line, a whimsical backdrop for a heartfelt poem, a fiery rose or scenic pasture with a lovers confession or mother's regret written across the bottom. Whatever moves you... create it on the canvas.
Allow it to dry completely. Do not sign it.
On the back, attach a note. Say whatever you want to say, but make it clear that the finder of the art may keep it, may love it, may accept it in the sense that it was made and given to bring joy and happiness.
Take your art to a place where it will be found and leave it there. With it, leave any sense of ownership, pain, regret, grief... and walk away from it. With each step you take, breathe deeply and feel lighter and lighter.....
Own the new you.
Read more about other Guerilla artists...
Diane Steinbach is an art therapist and the author of: Art As Therapy: Innovations, Inspiration and Ideas:, Art Activities for Groups: Providing Therapy, Fun and Function and A Practical Guide to Art Therapy Groups
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I didn't really know what to expect when we got to the Science Center. The Parking was free - cool. When we got inside I noticed that there wern't that many people there yet. But by the time the movie started the theater was almost full. So to be a good mix of young and old -several people brought young children. So, to the movie itself.
Mrs. afarensis claims she learned more about biology in 45 minutes at the Omnimax than she did taking a 3 credit biology class at St. Louis University. She says that her biology instructor said that life in the sea is only possible because of nutrients coming from above. Thermophilic critters and sulfer bacteria eating critters were a whole new realm of biology for her. She loved it!
For my part, I thought it was great. Had a great wraparound plot about a paleontologist named Dolph who was tring to find some sea critter responsible for making some honeycombed shaped trace fossils (unfortunately, I didn't have any paper to take notes on so I don't have details on names and species). He goes down in Alvin looking for these critters takes some samples from the ocean floor near black smokers and lava vents and what not. Unfortunately, the critter always gets away so at the end of the movie he still has not found out what they look like. He remarks "My wife would probably be happy that I never found my mistress of the seas" and on that somewhat wistful note the movie ends. In the meantime, we learn about the birth of the sun and the origins of planet earth. We learn about continental drift and sea floor spreading. We learn about all sorts of heat loving shrimp, octopi, and worms. Really, really cool worms with some red coloring about were their mouths would be - if they had mouths. The red comes from a type of hemoglobin. All in all I thought it was a great movie, well worth the 45 minutes. I didn't really overhear any negative comments from the crowd as I was filling out the questionairre afterwords - but that doesn't mean anything. I sincerely hope the St. Louis Science Center decides to show this movie.


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I don't have a lot of time right now, but I just wanted to write a quick post to talk – briefly – about the apparent Republican horror at the fact that the Democrats in Congress and President Obama will not assist them in whitewashing their incredible callousness toward children with cancer.
As if they actually cared about children with cancer.
Harry Reid was caught off guard yesterday, and he has an obligation to be better prepared than he was. Because when he was asked by reporter Dana Bash – and the media is frankly complicit in this whole thing with their false equivalency and their willingness to accept the GOP narrative without questioning it – if it wouldn't be worth restoring funding in order to help "one child with cancer," his answer was terrible.
What he should have said is this: "Ms. Bash, we want to help all children with cancer."
This fight started over the ACA – a law that will enable parents of children with cancer to get insurance to pay for medical treatment for their children with cancer. The Republicans are so hell-bent on defeating President Obama, that they want to ensure that those parents, of those children with cancer, can't get that insurance. That insurance companies could deny them coverage, because, frankly, covering cancer kids is really expensive. And, it's also a pre-existing condition. Once that child has been diagnosed with cancer, there is no ability to obtain private insurance to cover the costs of treatment. That's one of the things that the ACA offers. Repealing the ACA means repealing that very popular provision.
In addition, in the past three years, since 2010, the Republicans have voted to gut the funding for the NIH – the National Institutes of Health – on more than one occasion, most recently in early 2013, when the sequestration itself cut funding to the NIH by 1.7 billion dollars. This decreases the amount of funding available to do clinical trials to, you guessed it, research cures for cancer. The funding that they are trying to replace – in a deeply cynical effort to pretend like they give a shit about sick children – is what is left of the funding that they decimated during the sequester. They are cavalier about the value of government until it makes them look like dicks.
In addition, let me just say this in response to the people who claim that private industry can do a better job innovating new treatments than the federal government. It is true that private industry does an excellent job innovating for treatments to things like erectile dysfunction, which is a widespread problem that affects older men, including older men with a lot of money. Cancer research for cancers found primarily in children, is not likely to result in incredibly lucrative new therapies. We are fortunate that cancer in children is rare. What this means is that there is simply not a large market for most cancer therapies that are designed to benefit children. We need the government to fund this kind of research. The private sector simply cannot make the kinds of profit from this type of research that allows them to attract investors.
So, yeah, Harry Reid, get some prep before you go on camera to take questions. And, yeah, reporters, pull your heads out of your asses. It would be great if – along side of your story about how the Republicans are pretending to care about kids with cancer – you would actually report what they are doing, instead of what they are saying.


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Full Moon in Sagittarius occurred at 4:02am Pacific today, and we all got a glimpse (or a big jolt) about our future path. The ruler of Sagittarius is the huge planet Jupiter – ruler of optimism, expansion, joviality, luck and money. This week it's conjunct the North Node of the Moon which symbolizes The Future. Whenever the North Node is involved, our destiny appears. What insights did you receive today? What showed up in your life? This is your personal message about your path.
This Full Moon is intensified by Saturn in Sagittarius square to Neptune in Pisces. It was exact three days ago and impacts the energy of this moon. This is our dream meeting practical reality – and it can be painful. Saturn comes along, rips off our rose colored glasses and tests us on our personal beliefs. Saturn in Sagittarius is our truth and belief appearing as a wake up call. Neptune in Pisces gives us a vision of our lives that we never imagined before. We are each starting a new phase in our lives.From Mystic Medusa:
"Sagittarius is the Archer, the Centaur, the court jester who tells the truth, the wanderer and the party come to life. All that.
And where you have Sagittarius in your chart is where you want to be absolutely free.
Yes, other houses in the chart lend themselves to rebellion and do-thy-own thing as well but your Saggo area is where you'll take off out the back door when nobody is looking. It's where any obligation or expectation feels like blinkers, a bit and a bridle on wild-horse you and it doesn't matter WHO t.f you offend: You are outta there.
Your Saggo area is where you don't even have to think about or try to arrange being free – you just ARE free there. If not? It's terribly bad for you.
The house with Sagittarius on the cusp is where you kind of have hippy values and heaven help the poor sod who attempts to impose another paradigm onto your easy-come-easy-go-just-loving-the-sun-on-my-skin-breeze-in-my-hair-living-the-now policy."
Sagittarius is the truth that we find after our underworld journey in Scorpio.
Once we eliminate what had been holding us back (Scorpio), we can begin to expand our horizons (Sagittarius). If Scorpio is the journey within, Sagittarius is the journey to far off and exotic lands.
BUT Saturn has also a mysterious dimension and we see it at times like now - between now and Xmas Eve, Saturn traverses the very end of Scorpio and it's like a little time warp. Ready or not, people and information will flow into your life that will prompt the most intense recollection of times gone by - yes, even if you Do live resolutely in the Now and for good reasons.
BUT Saturn has also a mysterious dimension and we see it at times like now - between now and Xmas Eve, Saturn traverses the very end of Scorpio and it's like a little time warp. Ready or not, people and information will flow into your life that will prompt the most intense recollection of times gone by - yes, even if you Do live resolutely in the Now and for good reasons.
But the poignant echoes and feeling almost forced to reflect on cycles in your life is a part of this time so you do it with (i think) a lofty and inquiring attitude - okay, what DID you glean from that morsel of info or sudden memory flash? This is Saturn at the end of Scorpio - there will be a most pertinent insight to be gathered from even the most random past montage or reanimation - you just have to get to it.
September 18 2015 – December 2017
It will be like a revelation, a coming out into the light, the focus of this week and this yuletide time of 2014, is Saturn moving into Sagittarius, 4:33pm 23rd December 2014 UT. After all this time Saturn in Scorpio finally moves off into Sagittarius for 6 months. "Trumpets sound and angels sing" seems very appropriate and worth a bit of a celebration, for the heaviness of Saturn in Scorpio has been a trial of emotional upheaval, trust, money wars, control and power issues that have reared there unavoidable ugly heads, but have made us into who we are today, stronger, braver, and ready to take the next steps.
Watch for he shift, as Xmas conversations around family diners, lunches, BBQ's get more heated. Instead of holding in, or holding back for the sake of peace, or mum, or husband, or friend and like true Sagittarius, we let it rip, the spanner of truth gets set off into the works. We take control of situations not through emotional blackmail, but by letting it out, saying what we mean, meaning what we say, no matter what the consequences, it has to be done. After the deeper inner world experience of Scorpio, in Sagittarius all becomes wilder, freer and clearer, for that is the purpose. Yet remember as the Sagittarian will gets stronger, it does so for everybody. The dogma, the right way, this is the only way to see things, can be expressed in so many ways. Not all of which shall be so inspiring.
We are talking about Saturn here, the planet with the heaviest of archetypal meanings, structure, control, autonomy, authority, bounds and boundaries, work, commitment, responsibility, put that with the openness of Sagittarius, the universal, experience seeking, future oriented, high minded traveller and adventurer!
What type of images are formed? Her is an idea!
Saturn – Sagittarius
Control – Freedom
Closed – Open
Structure – The reason?
Autonomy – Sag love that!
Authority – Well I am the authority
Do it right – Don't I always
Bounds – Yeah I'm into it, will it hurt?
Boundaries – Never
Rules – What for?
Commitment – Committed
Responsibility – Sorry I have to go, got other things to do
Lessons – but I know it all don't I?
Closed – Open
Structure – The reason?
Autonomy – Sag love that!
Authority – Well I am the authority
Do it right – Don't I always
Bounds – Yeah I'm into it, will it hurt?
Boundaries – Never
Rules – What for?
Commitment – Committed
Responsibility – Sorry I have to go, got other things to do
Lessons – but I know it all don't I?
Get the idea? Saturn needs to loosen up and Sagittarius needs to gets serious. Will it ever happen? That is the exact tests of this time approaching. Lessons in Sagittarius! Can Saturn ever loosen up, well one thing really important to know here is that Saturn, the planet a gas giant, has a physical mass that could float on water, physically it is not a lead weight that the astrology of the past 1000's of years has attributed to it. And think about it heavy objects can fly, just look at a Jumbo Jet, defying gravity and taking off. It's the ties that bind, the heaviness we bring on ourselves, what we thing can't be achieved or isn't possible that we need to consider here with Saturn in Sagittarius. Saturn is about control, who controls your life? Our beliefs will now take a firm hold of Saturn and the importance of living our own truth becomes ever so important. With Jupiter in Leo till mid next year also tests of faith come around in many ways.
For anyone with Sagittarius planets, or angles, Saturn will now begin a firming, consolidating test to your faith, your faith in life and what you can make of it. How committed you are in living it, doing it, being it! For others with mutable angles and planets, Virgo, Pisces and Gemini, the tests may not be as harsh or trying, yet the signature is to stabilise with Saturn, stabilise what we mean, what we know, what we do, how we do it. Great time to finish and consolidate studies and something we really believe in. It's not a time for giving in or giving up, but seeing things through, if they are true and if they are not, well you already know. If we don't believe in it , ask yourself what are you doing it for. Sagittarius seeks "meaningful"!
Saturn is a great teacher in all aspects of life, after the lessons learnt in Scorpio,we move off to Sagittarius, a great teacher too, yet in the higher meaning of life. Saturn's tests are all about needing to master the next steps in time. Together during this transit we put together mastering all we know, consolidating the truth by which we live, believing and having faith in what we are building, doing, seeking, and doing it all as right, according to us!
As you are doing it so will others be, so be prepared for some dogmatic, law affirming restrictions being imposed around us, especially through governments and authorities, travel restrictions and the like. Although we will be aiming to stand by our worldly freedom rights, continue to fight for what is right in this world, the law may have other ideas and the struggle will be to fight to remain freer than ever for the heaviness will be more apparent.
Good luck with it all, it won't be easy, but it will be worth it!


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July 15, 2016
Sultan 10th Day (2nd Friday) Collection Early Trends, Very Good Hold.
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7 cr todayReplyDelete
12 to
12 tomorrowReplyDelete
14 0n sunday
30 to 35 cr 2nd weekend minimum i expect.
In pak all records will be shattered
Yes dat was expected ! Movie like Kick done business like 49 - 50 cr in 2nd weekend so extra ordinary business expected from sultan for d kind of word of mouth movie belongs to.ReplyDelete
But kick had 2 open weeks. Here loss of screens
N people comparing with pk ..Xmas + 3 open weeks .
Does it really make d sense.
Anyways gr8 news ....lovely going salman bhai !
PK was released in 3600 screens Sultan 4200 screens so first week record never broken by that logicReplyDelete
Pk released in around 4000 screensReplyDelete
#Arijit KarmakarReplyDelete
PK second weekend 3600 screen
3Rday weekend 3000 screen
4th weekend 22 screen
5th weekend 1500 screen
if doubt
Check karlo!
Don't compare with pk and bb.. sultan vs dhoom3 better.. d3 after 10 days 227c while sultan 234-235c ... second Friday d3 10.3c -sultan 6-7c...ReplyDelete
10 th day collection d3 : 16.71c - sultan : 6-7c...
there is only 6-7c advantage only for sultan while d3 had excellent second week run Tuesday and Wednesday 10+c collection. . It may hard for sultan after second sunday to cross 10c mark.. I think sultan lifetime performance similar d3 or just short. 275-285c
Bb second weekendReplyDelete
Friday 12.8 sat 18+ Sunday 24 Monday 9.3
Pk. Second week is highest all time. .
Sultan Friday 6-7c.. even Thursday fall below 10c . Sultan falls heavily.
U can compare PK vs Bajrangi Bhaijaan both films are great content wise.. Sultan is not that good. Dangal may beat the records but the important thing is Dangal should be a good movie at firstReplyDelete


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I'm a librarian who loves anime, manga, and reading a wide variety of genres.
I have a couple of this author's works that I still haven't read. Anyway, she apparently got the rights back to some of her works and has been rereleasing them with new covers. I particularly like these two. There is nothing I love more than nice illustrated covers - I get so tired of stock photos.
The Olive Conspiracy is f/f fantasy, and Tales from Perach is Jewish SFF short stories (with f/f, m/m, and m/f trans romance).


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As you know Josh turned 30 this past Saturday. My parents were going to be out of town so they sent Josh's gift with me early. Thursday night I talked him into opening it.
...Shampoo. There's a story behind it so I'll tell you. When Josh and I were staying at my parent's house to keep Chloe (the dog) one weekend Josh used my mom's shampoo when he took a shower. Apparently he had the best hair day ever and decided he had to have some. He was so happy when he opened his gift and found this on the bottom. I must say I'm happy too. I'm hoping he'll let me use it.
Friday after work we headed to see Josh's mom so he could spend some of his birthday with family. We met her for dinner and then a trip to Walmart. Good times. :) After that we spent the evening catching up. Saturday morning we woke up and did the same thing. Josh had his Saturday morning coffee in a special mug. I didn't realize what it said until later and he told me he picked that one on purpose. I bet you can guess why...
I had to take a picture of it.


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It is still a little too much for me to handle.
We did some major contemplation when deciding about school for Ruby and in the end we felt best about sending her to Kindergarten this year.
I still am trying to emotionally accept this, but Ruby has seemed too embrace it whole heartedly and is absolutely loving it.
Before she began school I decided that we should start a new back to school tradition.
Each year we pick a word, a scripture, and a quote for the year.
This year our word is 'COURAGE'.
I originally picked it because Ruby was a little nervous about school but soon realised that it applied more to me that anyone else.
I needed the courage to follow what I felt we were being inspired to do (aka send Ruby to school), the courage to send her to school, the courage to be completely involved in her schooling and to always be her advocate, and the courage to parent her as Justin and I feel we should.
Plus I want her to have the courage to make new friends, to be herself, to choose the right, to remember what she has been taught, to be a good example, to be a friend to all.
We all need courage.
So I thought it was an appropriate word for us this year.
I am amazed how many times it has come up in the last couple of weeks alone.
I chose the scripture found in Joshua 1:9
'Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'
And this quote by Thomas S. Monson
So as we embark on this new journey in life I hope that we can have always courage.


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We have been in our house for a year and a half now and I finally got around to painting the bathroom. I've had time, I just haven't had the energy to get it done for some reason. I knew it wouldn't take that long so I don't know why I put it off so long. I am so happy with how it turned out. Now I just have to go shopping for more accessories {and maybe print some vinyl for the walls}
{Yes, I realize I still have to fix our ceiling from a water leak} I'll get there…
I'm happy I finally took an afternoon to just get it done. I looks to clean and pretty!
It makes me smile!!


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The occasion: My buddy Derek is working a piss hard (for us) route and crimping the shit out of some heinous micro holds.
Unkown Chossmonger (pointing at Derek's project): have you ever been on that before?
Me: once or twice.
Chossmonger: are those holds really small, or does he just like making a fist when he crimps to get more pumped?
Me: what??
Chossmonger's friend: what the fuck are you talking about?
Saturday, October 4, 2008
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007
With high school nearly over and different universities awaiting them, best friends Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) seize on a surprise invite to an cool kids party as their last chance for some serious fun. Their invite depends on them bringing booze; being underage, this proves to be way more difficult than anyone could have predicted.
Some might say that the freewheeling subplot involving two unbelievably nutty cops (Bill Hader and scriptwriter Seth Rogen) undermines the otherwise emotionally resonant depiction of a couple of friends about to be torn apart by adulthood. Others might question all the dick jokes. They're both wrong: with great performances, classic scenes, and plenty of heart, Superbad is a brilliantly hysterical comedy.
Anthony Morris
Thursday, 13 September 2007
The Final Winter
Despite Australia's passionate love affair with all forms of sport, we don't seem to make all that many movies about sport - presumably because in Australia culture you either love one or the other. That's their loss: rough around the edges The Final Winter may be, and with it's fair share of clumsy scenes and two-d characters, this still manages to be one of the more down-to-earth entertaining local efforts of the year. It's the early 80's, and Sydney rugby league club The Jets is in turmoil: crowd numbers are down, the old style of bash-heavy play is out of favour, and new club CEO Murray 'Colgate' Perry (John Jarrat) thinks the only way to keep the club alive is to take it down a more professional path. One man who disagrees is Grub Henderson (writer Matt Nable), a 200 game man and old-school thug who solves his problems by hitting people or ignoring them until they go away. In the week that follows Grub will finally realise that his playing days are be behind him - but he's not going to bow out without a fight. Stories about the end of an era always have a resonance, and even though this is perhaps too heavily weighted in Grub's favour - Colgate is an a-grade creep, even though pretty much everything he says and does makes a lot more sense than Grub's stubborn bull-headedness - the rugby stuff turns out to be a lot more universal in terms of the global corporatisation of sport than you might think (and the games themselves are filmed with bone-jarring impact like a widescreen Nutra-grain commercial). Likewise, Grub himself isn't that likeable, but his slow realisation that time is passing him by is one that even non sports fans can identify with. The Final Winter isn't going to win any awards - but who goes to see the Australian films that do?
Anthony Morris
(this review appeared in Forte#410)
Forbidden Lie$
In 2004 Norma Khouri's best-selling book Forbidden Love was a global sensation, a gripping true-life tale exposing the horror of Jordan's 'honour killings' where young women were killed by their family for falling in love with the wrong man. Then West Australian journalist Malcolm Knox exposed the book as a fake, and Khouri as a married Chicago mother of two - not the Jordanian virgin she'd claimed to be. Norma went on the run, leaving her kids behind with a neighbour for months while her publishers pulled the book from the shelves and tried to retrieve the hundreds of thousands of dollars Norma had received in advances. She's been in hiding ever since - until now. In Forbidden Lie$, film-maker Anna Broinowski gives Norma enough rope to hang herself, and instead finds herself tangled up in an ever more complex tales of scams and interconnected lies with the increasingly compelling Norma front and centre throughout. The twists and turns of the tale in itself are enthralling, especially as Norma refuses to back down as more and more holes get punched in her story, but the portrait of Norma, aka "one of the best [con artists] ever", that gradually develops is just as interesting. By turns laugh-out-loud, wince-making, appalling and bizarre, this constantly surprising documentary is a classic.
Anthony Morris(this review appeared in Forte#41o)
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
Weaving non-stop physical comedy with romance, friendship, family dramas, health concerns, the kind of hero's journey most blockbusters would kill for and a hefty swipe at cynical critics, this occasionally threatens to collapse in on itself like a badly cooked soufflé. But Bird, demonstrating a directing ability that mirrors the Remy/Linguini team's virtuoso skill in the kitchen, constantly adds and mixes characters and subplots until everything comes to a head in a riotous conclusion that can't fail to satisfy. It might have been created virtually, but Ratatouille is the best physical comedy of the year.
Anthony Morris


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Heartbreaking News:
(*Sigh.) There's been yet another senseless murder of an unarmed, African-American teenager committed by a gun-toting, middle-aged, white man in everybody's favorite "Sunshine State" of Florida.
The previous and, similarly, cold-blooded murder garnered much national attention, especially when the defendant cited Florida's chicken-fried "Stand Your Ground" law in his defense. In that case, the young victim had been taking a walk and was pursued - without cause and after being told not to by 911 operators - by his attacker.
In this recent incident, the young victim was simply sitting in the back seat of a car with three friends, listening to music while another friend went into a convenience store for some snacks. The shooter was in an adjacent car. He told the young men to turn down their music. They ignored him - not a bad choice - at which point, without warning, the man raised a gun and fired eight bullets into the car. A car with four young men sitting, unarmed, inside. Somehow the shooter, Michael Dunn 45, missed three of them (perhaps it was due to the alcoholic beverages he'd enjoyed at the wedding he'd just left?). Tragically, two of the bullets struck Jordan Davis, 17, and killed him. Dunn then did what any murderer would do... he fled the scene.
The prior incident took place in south Florida. This heinous act occurred in the city of Jacksonville - on the state's northeast coast. I literally cringed when I heard Lawrence O'Donnell identify the town. And, I cringed when I typed its name. * Why? Because I know Jacksonville very well. I grew up there. Not by choice, of course. Toddlers don't get choices.
It took many long, grueling and challenging years, but I was finally able to escape from J-ville (Thank Gd!). I jumped on a plane and went west... To Cali and to my beloved San Franpsycho (Blessed Be). Ah, but, I digress...
Jacksonville, Florida is - among other things - the largest city in the United States in square miles. Yet, as I learned early on, much of its geography is populated by people burdened - or perhaps not - with rather small minds. This deficit may be the result of some environmental factor (i.e.- something in the water?) or societal (perhaps a tradition that's passed from generation to generation?)... I simply don't know.
What I can say is this: I'm ecstatic and eternally grateful that - whatever it was - it wasn't anything contagious.
Fascinating and Fun Trivia: One of Jacksonville's previous "15 Minutes Of (Newsworthy) Fame" which you may or may not have heard about occurred when the decision-makers in charge of this 21st Century American city -- Banned Harry Potter Books From Its Public Libraries -- because (get this!) they were disturbed to discover that author J.K. Rowling's wildly-popular Works Of Fiction... "Promoted Witchcraft".
In the words of Sarah Palin: "I kid you not."
And, with this lil' bit of (hopefully) humiliating history... I rest my case.
From The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell:
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20 June 2012
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: A Different Kind of Cookie
A batch of Sweet Wine Biscuits with Sesame--courtesy of Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar--recently found its way to a friend for her birthday. I'm not sure whether or how much this person enjoyed the baked goods, but I liked them. Sweet marsala was a fine substitution for port, although frankly, the wine's presence was hardly detectable.
07 June 2012
Electronic gadgetry hasn't been working in my favor lately. As it happens, Instagram has quickly supplemented my lack of a properly functioning laptop, at least in terms of sharing the food-related part of my day-to-day (as well as the usual miscellany). Thank goodness for that new obsession.
|Mojito time.
|Deep-fried falafel, probably from Vegan with a Vengeance (although I really can't recall).
|Mushroom cauliflower risotto.
|Vegan gianduja on toasted, homemade bread.
|Homemade whole wheat tortillas.
|Minimalist raw purple kale salad with pickled, roasted golden beets.
|Chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream, inspired by and adapted from The Vegan Scoop.
|Impromptu Thai green curry, with a hodgepodge of veggies and baked tofu.
|The beginnings of fresh strawberry jam, made with local berries.
|Spiced spaghetti squash and chickpeas: yet another hodgepodge of spices and veggies.
On an unrelated note, Foodista recently featured my Asian dumplings post as the Food Blog of the Day for 02 June, 2012. I'm truly honored. Thanks, Foodista!
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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