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Assistant Superintendent Mike Sanders on Thursday explained to the city school board the method in which the renovations to the baseball complex were paid for.
"Several years ago, we started to get inquiries and interest to do things to enhance the complex," Sanders said. "And once we updated the softball fields, we felt it was time to return to the baseball complex."
Sanders said most of the renovations were done by in-kind donations, by a local contractor who does a community service project every year and would like to remain anonymous.
The project, Sanders said, would have cost at least $100,000, but was paid for with only about $20,000 from the athletic department.
"This has taken very little money from the athletic department," Sanders said. "And it's going to be beautiful when it's completed. It's really going to take away some of the eyesores you'd see when driving down Ben Scott [Boulevard]."
Several materials and structures were donated by the contractor, Sanders said.
The board on Thursday also discussed the proposed draft of the school calendar for 2013-2014. The calendar includes 180 days in class for students.
Superintendent Dr. Kent Edwards said the calendar is "pretty much the same" as the current year, with the only changes occurring around the holiday break in December and January.
"Just because of the natural progression of the calendar, we have one more day off before Christmas and one less day off after New Year's Day than this year," Edwards said.
Board members seemed enthusiastic about the proposed calendar, which will be voted on next Tuesday to be put up for public input.
"I liked it," board member Dr. Michael Rothschild said. "It's different, but that's good."
The proposed calendar will have school starting for most students (grades 1-12) starting on Aug. 8, with kindergarten classes starting the day before.
Graduation on the proposed calendar is set for May 23, 2014.
Edwards said he and Carroll County Schools Superintendent Scott Cowart worked in collaboration on the two systems' schedules, saying they mainly focus on lining up the two districts' spring breaks mainly.
The board will meet for its regular meeting on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Planned for discussion and possible action are the reassignment of a bonding agent and the fee required for election qualifying.
The board will also hold the election of its board officers on Tuesday.


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BY MARCY SHORTUSE - The hot topic of how to pay for Boca Grande's new bridges drew a crowd of more than 80 people to the Boca Community Center Auditorium on Valentine's Day, but many audience members left the meeting with just as many questions as they had when the walked in the door.
At the onset of the meeting new chairmen were elected. David Hayes was named as the new chairman of the board, while Ginger Watkins will serve as the new vice-chair. Peter Strong will serve as chairman of the engineering committee, and Pete Saeger will head up the referendum committee.
OK, it wasn't really the Eagle module that landed, but Cdr. Neil Armstrong did stop by The Island School on Wednesday, Feb. 15 to answer some of the kids' questions about what it was like to be the first man to land on the moon.
"Was it hot up there?" "How did you sleep?" and "Did you step in any craters?" were some of the thoughts the students had. Armstrong explained how cramped the Apollo 11 was to sleep in, and how hard it is to walk in a spacesuit.
Acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith will speak on Tuesday, Feb. 28 on her latest book, "Elizabeth the Queen, the Life of a Modern Monarch," Now over a month on the New York Times bestseller list.
Fox News journalist Brit Hume will introduce the author at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium at 3 p.m.
STAFF REPORT - The Lee County Sheriff's Office has determined that the driver in the fatal pedestrian accident that occurred on February 6 near 7th Street and Gasparilla Road was not at fault.Eberhard Maczynski, 81, of Ontario, Canada died when he walked out into traffic. Authorities confirmed that Maczynski walked into the road and into the path of North Port resident Terry Ogle's truck, and there was nothing Ogle could have done to prevent Maczynski's death.
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There will be fortnightly project updates published on this website.
In 2013 we are moving staff email from GroupWise to Microsoft Office 365 for Education.
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As we previously reported, Lil Wayne defended his decision to pull Nicki Minaj out of Summer Jam 2012 by saying he felt that women should never be disrespected. Weezy was referring to comments Hot 97 on air personality Peter Rosenberg made about Nicki's song "Starships" the day of the concert.
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From September 2012, Graphic Products will become the latest addition to the portfolio of D&T subjects offered at GCSE, alongside Resistant Materials and Electronic Products. All three options will allow students equal access to the Product Design A' Level course offered at Trent.
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"Good, but was confused by the ending"
**possible spoilers**
This book reminded me a lot of Julie Kagawa's "The Iron Knight". I won't go into too much detail, otherwise it will add spoilers.
I definitely missed the togetherness of Ethan and Lena. This was the focal point of all the other novels, so it was hard to see a different type of angst. At the same time, it was a nice change of pace. I really liked seeing where the Greats come from - it's an interesting world with unique characters. I also enjoyed hearing from Ethan's mom. She's a central back-story character, so it was good to see more of her in this final installment.
I have to admit that I was a bit confused and saddened by the ending. I think I understand what happened, but contact me if you'd like to discuss.
Regarding narration, I love Khristine Hvam and Kevin T. Collins! I'm so excited the editors/authors chose to add Khristine Hvam to the story narration. I can always get into her characters.
"Good story, if a bit confusing"
I've enjoyed this series so far. However, I found the second book harder to keep up with than the first. The timelines and crossing between them got to be hard to keep track of. But, whenever I got back on track, I continued to enjoy the story.
Narration: Unfortunately. I'm not a fan of Matthew Brown. His female voices are indistinguishable from one another and he only has 2-3 distinct male voices, unless a regional access is involved. That makes listening to the story a bit more difficult. I usually have to wait for a character to state who's talking.
"Not as good as the first book in the series"
This novel was like two books. The first half was a little hard to follow, contained too many characters, very dark, slow and not all that interesting. It seemed like part of a different series. I listened to it on audio book, so I thought maybe that was the reason, but I LOVED the second half. The second half had all the same qualities of the first book - engrossing, fast paced, intriguing, etc. I would have given the book 4 or 5 stars if the entire book read like the second half.
"LOVE Karen Marie Moning"
Loved, Loved, Loved! I missed the Fever Series so much - I was so happy to be back in that world. I was sad that Mac and Barrons weren't the focus of the story, but quickly came to love the banter between Dani and Ryodan, and Christian's weirdness. The story is a great mystery, but it's really the dynamic between the characters that makes it. In fact, the story was so good, it made me realize just how much I had been missing the Fever series and I started reading that all over again. Thanks, Karen!
P.S. - It would be AWESOME if you could get Natalie Ross and Phil Gigante to re-do the narration on the earlier Fever books.
"So excited for this series"
I wanted to give this book 5 stars, I really did. There were just a couple areas of the book that I really didn't like, so it held me back. The first thing I didn't like was the type and style of language used by the high school antagonist. I found it offensive and unrealistic (though I haven't been in high school for a long time, so perhaps I'm wrong). The second, more important thing I didn't like is Ethan's internal monologue. There were several sentences that started with "What I wanted to say was, '...." The introduction to the internal monologue was jarring. There must be a better way to state someone is having an internal monologue. Also, some of the internal talk seemed like it would have been perfectly reasonable to say aloud.
The story - I loved the story. I missed Ash and Megan (wish there was more of them!) and was so happy to see Puck again! I can't wait to see how this story continues to develop. I find it difficult to believe Keiran believed what he did about The Forgotten, so I'm interested to see if there's a back story there. I also really enjoyed Kenzie's personality. I hope she's in the rest of the books!
"3.5 overall"
I give this book 3.5 stars. I'd say 3 for the first half and 4 for the second half. A lot of the book was identical to Cinderella, just replaced with cyborg parts;). I found myself enjoying the book more when I forgot about the Cinderella aspect. It could easily stand on it's own. It sounds like book 2 will hopefully head in that direction.
"Disturbing with amazing narration"
This book is very disturbing. I just finished a minute ago and I have chills. I suggest listening on audio so you can hear the child-like voice of Jack. The writing is interesting because the author makes an attempt at the internal monologue of a 5-year old. There's no way to know what this would sound like, but she does an admirable job. The book will make you laugh, cry and very angry. Emma Donoghue has a vivid imagination and I only hope that none of us ever has to experience this firsthand.
"So good!"
Holy crap! I've had this book on my "To Read" shelf forever. I read it because one of my friends told me I "needed to" and was she right! This book was so engrossing. I didn't even read the synopsis but was enthralled since page 1. The pacing of this book was perfect and every single detail well-thought-out and necessary. Laini Taylor has such a unique imagination. I can't wait for the next book and so glad that it's only 3 mos away!
If you are a fan of supernatural or fantasy, this is a MUST READ!
"Better than expected"
I actually did not want to like this book because there are so many in the series :) But after just a few pages,I was hooked. Parts of the story were predictable, but to get to those points the story was a lot of fun. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the summer fae in the sun beams that surround them.
It looks like each book in the series involves different characters, so I don't know if you need to read one after the other right away, which would make reading the series easie
"Wanted it to be better"
I really wanted to like "Shadow of Night" more than I did. The only real issue I had with it is that sometimes Harkness gets so bogged down in minute or historical details that she ends up slowing down the plot. For example, the entire sub-plot surrounding the mouse trap could be removed and it would have no effect on the overall story. Additionally, some of the detail around the Emperor in Prague could have been left out. All of it just dragged the story out and made me want to skip parts.
Forgetting the superfluous detail, I still love this series. It's such a unique story. I'm looking forward to the last novel. Hopefully, for non-spoilery reasons, there won't be as much nitty-gritty detail.
Narration: Jennifer Ikeda deserves an award for her narration of this novel. There are dozens of characters and a large handful of them appear regularly. Jennifer managed to make each voice completely distinct and I was entirely aware of which character was speaking. Bravo!


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The Icepocalypse: Not Freezing Out the Single Women Entrepreneurs
Life goes on – even during this icepocalypse we are having here in the Midwest. Since I lucked out and don't have to go out in it – for work or school today, I thought I'd take a cozy moment to share with you how you can get involved in the next book launch for Single. Women. Entrepreneurs.! Here goes:
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The Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce invites you to attend "A Symposium and Networking Opportunities & Reception: "Afghanistan as Hub: The Role of Transport, Logistics & Critical Infrastructure" on April 18, 2013, at the Ritz Carlton Pentagon City. Panel subjects will include ground, air, critical infrastructure, and policy within the transportation and logistics sectors. Invited speakers include Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Afghanistan's Minister of Finance and Robert Blake Jr., Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia.
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Afghan Entrepreneur receives Peace through Commerce Award
The United States Department of Commerce formally awarded the Peace Through Commerce Award for 2012 to 8 nominees following a formal ceremony in Dubai. UAE. Sadat Mansoor Naderi, chairman of SMN Investments, is the first and only Afghan businessman who has received this award. A leader in the insurance industry in Afghanistan, SMN Investments has recently issued a $3.6 billion investment for the Aynak Copper Mine.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce, with the support of U.S. Agency for International Development, held the first U.S.-Afghanistan Franchising Trade Conference in Kabul, December 1-5, 2012. The conference was to introduce U.S. franchise companies to Afghan businessmen in order to build potential partnerships. While skeptical of the business climate, companies came to the event with an open mind. "I didn't have huge expectations going there that we would consummate an agreement, but after being there on the streets and seeing some fairly sophisticated [retail] operators in a very difficult climate, I've walked away with the fact that we would do business in Afghanistan," says Martin Amschler, Vice President of International Development for RadioShack.
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The U.S. Department of State has initiated its Direct Line program, which provides a unique opportunity for American businesses, particularly small- and medium-sized enterprises, to engage directly via teleconference with U.S. Ambassadors overseas. The program is open to American companies which are already in the country where the Ambassador serves or which are interested in expanding their businesses into those countries. Calls will vary in topic according to the specific needs for business in a given country.
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Francisco Sánchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, arrived in Kabul on February 10, 2012, on the Commerce Department's first business development mission to Afghanistan. Sánchez led a delegation of representatives from 12 U.S. businesses from the construction, mining, agribusiness and information technology sectors seeking to play a role in the rebuilding of Afghanistan.
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TROY — Walter F. Uccellini, a longtime, prominent real estate developer based in Troy, died in the Clifton Park plane crash Wednesday morning. He was 67.
From his days at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to his most recent development, the CityStation complex at Congress and Ferry streets, Walter Uccellini was a force in the City of Troy and the Capital Region as a whole. He was noted for his vitality and perseverance.
After graduating from RPI with a bachelor's degree in management in 1969, and master's degree in 1971, Uccellini went on to found a major real estate company, The United Group, in 1978. He served as its chief executive officer and president until his death Wednesday.
As a developer, Uccellini was noted for revitalizing real estate in troubled economic areas, as was the case with the restoration of the Kenmore Hotel on North Pearl Street in Albany, and the Monument Square Apartments in Troy.
"He was not only investing, he was investing in projects which were good for the city," said Steve Dworsky, a former Troy city manager and councilman, who worked with Uccellini on several of his early projects. His focus on projects which would benefit both the city and the region was echoed by current county and city officials.
"The world lost a great man today when Walter Uccellini was tragically taken from us. Mr. Uccellini was a steadfast supporter of this region investing in and undertaking development projects that have helped revitalize neighborhoods and communities throughout the Capital Region and beyond," stated Rensselaer County Executive Kathleen Jimino.
Echoing Jimino's sentiments, Troy Mayor Lou Rosamilia said, "He was a visionary developer who played a very significant role in the ongoing revitalization of Troy. He will be remembered as a man of determination and keen business acumen."
Although he developed numerous properties across the region and state during his long career, it is how Uccellini drove The United Group to success that stands out most to one of his friends and business partners, John Hedley.
"If he said he was going to do it, he did it. And I admired him for it," said Hedley, who spoke of the project at the corner of Congress and Ferry streets in Troy, which has turned into the CityStation student housing complex. The form the CityStation project has taken is drastically different than its nascent form, and Hedley said that Uccellini stuck with the project despite numerous changes to the plan.
Uccellini brought also brought vitality to his work, and his personal life. "Being a partner with Walter was kind of difficult because he moved so quickly," explained Hedley. When Hedley heard about the catastrophe, the first thing he thought was, "I could see him running out to the airport at 7 o'clock in the morning and jumping in a plane and going somewhere. That was him." Continued...
Uccellini and his late wife, Sheila Ryan Uccellini, were both strong community advocates. In particular, his wife, who died last year, served on the boards of the Rensselaer County Hospice, the Planned Parenthood for the Capital Region, and the Rensselaer County Historical Society.
Although a pilot himself, Uccellini was a passenger in the plane, a Beechcraft Bonanza, which crashed in Clifton Park Wednesday. Shortly after taking off from Albany International Airport, the plane's single engine stalled out. In the crash, the pilot, Jim Quinn of Westerlo was critically injured. Quinn is the vice-chairman of the United Group.
The United Group released a statement today, marking its founder's death: "Walter Uccellini was a giant in the world, a truly inspirational figure that we will always love and remember with great fondness."
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Your bagpiper is excellent. However, I feel he would also benefit from having some details added to the front.
Your bagpiper is excellent. However, I feel he would also benefit from having some details added to the front.
My project log: To Infinity and Beyond
@Grain Weevil: Cool I'll see if I can get my hands on Giantslayer then.
@juicytomatoes: Thanks, I'm quite pleased with it.
@Lorcryst: Thank you, lets hope you still think that once I've painted him.
@Duke Donald@ Thanks for the feedback, it makes me raise my game. I've started work on a sporran to see how it looks, I'll have pictures in the next few days, hopefully it will fill the empty space on the front.
I've started work on a standard bearer. Hopefully I'll have get greenstuffing done on him soon and I'll have photos up tomorrow or the day after.
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That bagpiper is great! I have made an undead zombie piper myself. Thought about making an orc one. Use him as a army standard bearer. The story would be a travling orc piper. Curious about my savages would settle with them as they like the sound of the pipes!
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@Loki73: That sounds like a cool idea. When you've made him you'll have to put him on your log and I'll subscribe so that I don't miss it.
Okay so the standard bearer that I said I'd have done is still in progress but I have been working on my first troll and hopefully they'll both be ready to show soon. For now I have the results of my filling of the space on the front of my scottish savage orc. I came up with two options, a sporran and a kilt pin style thing.
Here's what they look like:
Which do you think is better? Or if you have a third option I'm open to suggestions.
3rd option, do a mixture. They both look excellent.
aye....I'd second that proposal...both look great
both do look great. Btw did you do some more highlights to the skin? It seems to look better than in the 1st picture.
Yay! I'm loving the piper I like your two designs for the front of the guys kilt, but reckon that the sporran looks a little civilised for an orc. It also looks like it would be difficult to fit one in on the piper, cos the plaid's in the way.
I third the motion to do a mix of Sporrans and Icons ... both look great (awesome greenstuffing skills), and a bit of variety in Orc units is always good !
But like Nosy said, maybe nothing on the bagpiper, he's busy enough carrying those pipes, if you know what I mean
The paint job you did on the teeth is AMAZING!!!!!!!
Both options look good, but I would personally prefer the sporran or a mixture of both. I don't feel it looks overly civilised. After all, it's a pouch with some undescript hair dangling from it.
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@Bunkka-Pop: I did add extra highlights to the skin taking it up to Scorpion Green. I'm glad you noticed.
@Pluch87: Thank you. I'm quite pleased with how they turned out but it is just Gryphon Sepia over bleached bone so I feel that I have cheated a bit.
@All others: Okay I'll go for a mix of both and decide which is best for each model. Thanks for your advice.
Today has been fairly productive so I have some more stuff to show you, but first I'm going to link to this http://www.warseer.com/forums/showth...ster-A-VC-plog. It is Poisoned Edge's log featuring the army that he is building to team up with mine at a doubles tournament, although instead of the originally billed Orcs and Goblins he has swapped to Vampire Counts.
Now back to some Scottish Savage Orcs. Here is the standard bearer that I've been putting together:
I've put a celtic knot pattern on the stone at the top of the standard that will hopefully stand out better once it is painted.
And here is a Scottish troll:
I've always wanted some of these old stone trolls. There is just something about them that I have always liked. There are going to be a few more celtic trolls in this unit, two of which are on my table waiting for kilts and plaids and the others are sitting in other people's houses waiting for me to win them on ebay.
As usual any and all comments and criticisms are welcome.
Lovely Troll ! The colours work really well on him !
Nice standard bearer too, but the celtic knot pattern is a bit lost with the GS pic ... I'm sure it'll show up better with a lick of paint
This is sweet dude!! Love the Green Stuffing. Keep up the good work
@Lorcryst: Thank you. I like the colours on the troll. It reminds me of the illustrations of the Nac MacFeegle from Discworld.
@Brad-Bin: Thanks. I'll try my best.
So in the last week I have put kilts and plaids on another seven savage orcs and two trolls and started painting it all. I also started sculpting a savage orc warboss. I have made some mostly scratchbuilt models before but this is the first miniature that I am going to make completely from scratch, just greenstuff shaped over a frame of twisted paper clips. At the moment he is still a work in progress, everything needs neatening up, his feet and legs need a lot of work and I've yet to start his hands. He is larger than other orcs, being about as tall at the shoulder as an ogre, but then orc leaders are meant to be bigger.
Anyway, enough talking here's some pictures:
I think it is going okay so far but I'm really not looking forward to doing his hands and feet.
Any comments and criticisms are welcome.
Very nice way to paint the orcs. Can't wait to see more!
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Haha nice. I did this army about 5 years ago, never finished painting it. Good to see some actually done. I did the whole thing, bonnets, kilts and bagpipe musicians. The models I finished painting looked nice heheh. I have ADD when it comes to armies though.
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That is insane dude!! Keep it up
@Braad: Thank you.
@Col. Dash: Well you know great minds and all that.
@Brad-Bin: Thanks I will try to maintain the levels of insanity.
The warboss is still in progress, I've spent a long time trying to get his feet right, but I have managed to paint some more celtic savage orcs:
The bases are going to get some flock on them but I'm going to do that after I've varnished them, but that's going to have to wait until I have some more varnish.
Comments and criticism welcome.
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These are looking great, full of character. I like how the choice of army fits the theme really well.
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Hello, In Steve's blog and Tony Robbins tapes there are mentions of "leverage" - idea of some undesirable outcome that you will take action to avoid. One example was of a guy who posted picture of himself with text "if you catch me smoking, I will pay you $10,000." Now Tony mentions leverage as first step of dealing with limiting beliefs, and I've encountered two difficulties with applying it. Because of that it's been hard to create enough strife between current and desired reality, and strife is needed to fuel change. (Right?) First comes from Buddhism which I've been subscribed to for a while. Disclaimer: my understanding of it is probably incomplete, mostly coming from hours of listening to Alan Watts tapes and various online texts here and there. It would always give me a sense of peace and notion that everything (in this funny game that Self is playing) is going to turn out OK. Similar thing happened with Carl Sagan's Cosmos series where it's shown how tiny and insignificant we are. Now, my brain has apparently decided to interpret that as "it's OK to slack and not put in real effort because it's all irrelevant in bigger picture". Thinking about it logically I can see the flaw, but there is still a feeling of "meh, whatever". Second one is about suicide. I've been considering it on and off for over a decade (27 years old now), and it was always presented as an easy way out if things get too hard or unpleasant. This also gave a sense of peace and ability to approach threatening things playfully, but left me unable to really find motivation for more challenging projects. It's not that I'd back off on first sign of trouble, but maybe 4th or 5th, with failure as result. As mentioned in one article here, enemy fights hardest when believing he is cornered, and it seems like there are these huge two exits behind me. I'd like to retain the benefit of peacefulness from them, but still be able to commit some more to complete certain goals. Otherwise it's clear that financial and social parts of my life will continue being a total disaster, sadly there is a part of me that's OK with that. Being able to feel the need for change more deeply would be great. Any insights from people who can see the problem from better angle or who have been in similar situation are welcome. Thanks and have fun... Last edited by Melnorme; 12-20-2011 at 11:40 PM. Reason: slight restructuring |
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Was there an article in the New York Times recently ...about House Hunters? My co-worker was all shocked about it saying it said the HH search was faked. I said, "Oh, please. That is SUCH old news." She said "Oh really?! I never knew." And then I went on to explain. She said the article was in the last month or so??? I looked but couldn't find anything that seemed to fit the bill. | |||
CLB, yes there was an article - Christopher Lowell also blogged about this (HH Busted) awhile back. I'm surprised too - thought everyone knew that. It's been more or less common knowledge for several years. | ||||
The story originated on the Hooked on Houses blog, about someone from Texas who appeared on HH. Other news sites picked up on the story. IMO, it is much ado about nothing. Now, here's a story from a blogger who appeared on HHI: http://www.matt-gibson.org/201...nal-is-fake-so-what/This message has been edited. Last edited by: aychihuahua, | ||||
I think we should call Woodward and Bernstein to investigate this story. Don't you? | ||||
Christopher wrote this piece just a few weeks ago, right after the original blog story appeared. Here it is: http://www.christopherlowell.c...ractive/blog/?p=1641 Not exactly a stinging indictment of HH and other reality-based TV shows. It's sort of like: "OMG. You mean WWE wrestling shows are not real. I'm shocked. Just shocked." | ||||
Thanks. My co-worker didn't have much info about it. I couldn't find it. Like I've said ...I've known it's fake for years. I'm just curious about the article. ---------------- HERE"S WHAT I POSTED: "I think it's very disappointing. No, it's not on the level of issues involving war and peace, but these shows are not presented as scripted and totally fake. They are presented as real. Yet, they are a lie. When I watch Breaking Bad or Mad Men -- those are created characters played by actors. The fact that shows like House Hunters and HHI will say a friend was a real estate agent and someone lived in Taiwan when they didn't is a total fabrication. Then present it as such. In the credits. Put something like: "these situations are fictional," or "some statements as presented my not be factual." Why can't they, or don't they, do that? Why can't they be upfront about it?"This message has been edited. Last edited by: clbselah, | ||||
Achihuahua - Thanks for sharing the Christopher Lowell link. It would be wonderful if they would bring one of his shows to HGTV. He frequently went that one tschotske too many for my tastes, but he was so informative you could over look it. He really spelled out "reality" television very well and explained the problem with most of HGTV's programming. Yeaaa! Christopher. | ||||
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HGTV will probably never have Christopher Lowell on - IMO, he has too much integrity and is too real to be caught up in their antics. I adore this man - I know from experience that he is extremely kind and willing to help out & encourage new design businesses! | ||||
I usually make everyone think I'm amazing because I can predict which house they're going to pick because it's always the one with no furniture in it. I have never revealed the fact that HH is staged to anyone who wasn't completely surprised by this news, so I guess it's not common knowledge. | ||||
Please repost the Christopher Lowell link is not working. thanks. | ||||
Very strange. The link seems to have gone MIA since I posted it. Try this, and scroll down to find the article: http://christopherlowell.com/blog/ | ||||
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