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linda - 09/08/2006
Not as much of a floor filler as I thought it might be. Even when it does come on (requests are not always played) not very many get up. Even those of us that have learned it seem to be a bit reluctant. Not sure why. I can take it or leave it really.
Lorna and Gordon - 18/06/2006
Maggie taught us this at Bognor back in March, she hadn't got a name for it at the time, it went down well, then our Weymouth class taught it a few weeks back,it's vey popular there, and now the Dorchester group have learnt it, they too have given it the thumbs up.
Diana - 16/06/2006
Great dance, great track of music, great to sing along whilst you're dancing ... need I say more ??? Well done Maggie!
Jonathan Khan (10 Years) - 02/06/2006
This is a great dance and so many people are singing along with the music! The steps are so catchy as well.
leanne - 08/05/2006
taught tonight and it went down very well. nice steps and a great track
Joy Ashton - 04/05/2006
Lively dance to a well known piece of music, which always helps! Not as difficult as it looks at first glance. Easy restart!
Speno of Lincoln Lone Stars - 20/04/2006
Learnt this in Southport at a Maggie G weekend,taught it as soon as I got back home. Big hit so then decided to take it to my other class where it also went down well.
Steve Tompkins - 16/04/2006
Great dance. Lively and fast. Couple of unusual bits that keep it interesting.
Kelvin Deadman - 13/04/2006
Super dance with great music well worth teaching soon to be very popular, personally i loved it as soon as i learnd it well done maggie.....it's fantastic!!!
troggie - 12/04/2006
taught this for first time tonight, having read so much about it. the script i had, had a error on one section with the timing which didnt help matters. healthy number on the floor, but not the massive floor filler i thought it would be.


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Mostly clear skies Sunday evening will allow for chilly morning lows into Monday. Fear not, because Monday will turn out to be a fairly pleasant day for all! Temperatures are going to be a good 5-10 degrees warmer than Sunday highs. Sky conditions will remain partly sunny for the inland valley's as well as the Basin. Expect increasing clouds along the Coast later in the afternoon, as well as the Mountains with high clouds developing ahead of this next storm system.
The last possibility to see the Comet L4 Pan-Starrs will be tomorrow evening about 15-30 minutes following sunset. Skies should still be clear enough to catch the comet before the clouds roll in after midnight.
A relatively strong disturbance is going to move in from our south, southwest beginning Tuesday. Showers will first move into the coastal waters early Tuesday morning, before sunrise. By midday showers will begin at the Coast and spread inland through the afternoon. Widespread rain will fall through Wednesday evening for all areas in the viewing area. The Valley may see more showery precipitation through the duration of this storm, however it will be rather widespread through Wednesday. The heaviest rain will be along the Coast, and the Coastal Range Mountains. At this point I think at least an inch of rain will fall in many location, with some places exceeding that. The Siskiyous will also see moderate to heavy rainfall Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Snow levels are going to be rather high for this system, around 6,000′ dropping to roughly 5,000′ so snow is not a big concern with this storm. It looks like Crater Lake is looking at the best chance for snow, with most other higher terrain seeing mainly rain. Winds will be strong along the Coast, the ridges, the Shasta Valley, and along the East Side. Gusts could reach 50mph in these areas (winds in the East Side won't pick up until Wednesday).
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Jesse McCartney performing "How Do You Sleep?" on Live with Regis and Kelly on Monday, December 1.
Jesse McCartney "It's Over" Music Video
Catch the official music video for Jesse McCartney's single "It's Over."
Jesse McCartney "Law & Order: SVU" Sneak Peek Videos (11/11/08)
Don't forget to tune in when recording artist Jesse McCartney guest stars as a card-carding teen virgin on a "Ripped From The Headlines-inspired" episode Law and Order: Special Victims Unit this Tuesday night (10/9c on NBC). Check out these sneak peek videos from tomorrow's show.
Jesse McCartney Fragrance "Wanted" Spring 2009
Jeese McCartney "Dancing With The Stars" Video ("Leavin" Performance)
Jeese McCartney performed his hit Summer single, "Leavin," on the Dancing With The Stars Results Show on Wednesday.


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Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do This Weekend Under $10
Categories: Ten under $10
Say bye to the Jacuzzi Boys this Saturday. |
Nonetheless, you want to get loose this weekend. Your dwindling checking account, however, is running dry. The shitty economy has you on a very tight leash.
Ah, if only you had a few options under $10. Well, broke baller, there are. And we've got them listed for you. Check out Crossfade's picks for the best things to do this weekend under $10.
Friday, September 16
Big Night in Little Haiti
Little Haiti Cultural Center
Kick it with Shleu Shleu at the Little Haiti Cultural Center for a massive Haitian dance party. They're playing a free, two-hour set in Little Haiti. Yeah, free.
Churchill's Pub
Get your rude boy on at Churchill's with a sick nine-band lineup, part of the bar's 17th annual Miami Rock Festival. Show starts at 8 p.m.
Upstairs at the Van Dyke
Blend soul, rock and roll, and noise, and you get KayakMan. The quintet's performing their unique sound at the Van Dyke on Friday.
Rose Max
Bossa Nova, baby. Rose Max and her husband, Ramatis Moraes, bring their samba-bossa-jazz hybrid to Boteco tonight. And it's free.
Saturday, September 17
Jacuzzi Boys Going Away Party
The Jacuzzi Boys are leaving Miami. No, not for good. Just until Thanksgiving. They're hitting the road for a full-blown US/Canada tour. But before they do, they want to get wild with y'all one last time. Therefore, they'll be guest DJing at Lester's on Saturday.
PL0T with Barem and Bruno Pronsato
Electric Pickle
Argentine electro artist Barem continues to celebrate the release of his debut album, which dropped in June, and returns to the Electric Pickle for a night of beats and bangers. The show costs $10 before midnight.
Tony Succar
Upstairs at the Van Dyke
The live music at the Van Dyke is so incredibly diverse. And a day after hosting a soul ensemble, the Lincoln Road joint's throwing a salsa and merengue party with Tony Succar and his band.
Karaoke at Dewey's Tavern
Dewey's Tavern
Every Saturday, several locals and a few wasted tourists tackle Karaoke classics at Dewey's for a night of drunken sing-alongs. Watching an old hag butcher "Time After Time" never gets old.
The Funk: School Drive for Haiti
1310 Gallery Fort Lauderdale
$10 Donation
You don't have a lot of money. But imagine the good Karma you'd get after donating your last $10 to needy children in Haiti. Plus, you'll get to watch two "funky violin players" shred while checking out some dope art.
Sunday, September 18
Afron Sunday Concert Series
Churchill's Pub
Face it, the Dolpins will probably lose on Sunday, and your fantasy team's garbage. Drink away the pain at Churchill's and rage with South Florida alt-metal band 11 Lives.
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Anderson Japanese Gardens
Anderson Japanese Gardens has been named one of the highest quality Japanese gardens in North America by Sukiya Living Magazine since 2004. Inspired by calm and tranquility, this 12 acre award winning landscape is comprised of koi-filled ponds, winding paths, gentle streams, cascading waterfalls, raked gravel gardens, beautifully trained pines, and more. Master craftsmanship and 16th century traditional architecture is found throughout the garden.
CITY: Rockford
CoCo Key Water Resort - Rockford
CoCo Key, one of Illinois' largest indoor water parks, is Rockford's home for any-weather family water park fun. Attached to the Best Western Clock Tower Resort and Conference Center, CoCo Key Water Resort makes for a perfect tropical family getaway. Explore over 60,000 square feet of indoor water park fun with three giant waterslides, Coconut Grove Adventure River, Parrot's Perch interactive Play Island, indoor/outdoor spa, kiddie pool with zero depth entry, 10,000 square foot Key Quest Arcade, private cabanas, birthday party rooms, and more
CITY: Rockford
Burpee Museum of Natural History
Come explore Burpee Museum and its award-winning exhibits such as Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur, called one of the ten most important dinosaur discoveries in the past 100 years. Burpee Museum also features Homer, a sub-adult or "teen-age" Triceratops. Four floors of exhibits include Windows to Wilderness, a woolly mammoth skeletal cast, Pennsylvanian coal forest, a Native American exhibit, Geoscience, and a viewing lab.
CITY: Rockford
Magic Waters Waterpark
Some of the many fun water attractions include the five-story Abyss (a dark tunnel tube ride), the two-person Splash Blaster water coaster, Tsunami Bay (Illinois' largest wave pool), Splash Magic River, and Little Lagoon for the tykes. The newest ride is the Double Dare Drop speed slides. Each slide drops riders 75 feet, making the thrill ride the steepest speed slide in northern Illinois.
CITY: Cherry Valley
Coronado Performing Arts Center
See a play or musical performance at the wonderfully ornate Coronado Performing Arts Center, which was once a 1920s movie palace and vaudeville hall. The Coronado still features its original whimsical details, such as gilded Spanish castles, Chinese dragons in relief on the walls and a faux starry sky. Coronado Performing Arts Center is the venue for many performing arts groups and traveling shows.
CITY: Rockford
Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens
Situated along the banks of the beautiful Rock River in Sinnissippi Gardens, the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens brings the tropics to the Midwest. The entire facility is the third largest conservatory in Illinois with a total of 22,000 square feet, and at the highest point stands 52 feet. A tropical setting includes an 11,000 square foot plant exhibition area complete with water features, seating areas, and sculptures, all in a tropical plant setting. Changing seasonal floral displays, a gift shop and special events; educational programs where children can learn the importance of plants; special workshops and lecture series for adults; the perfect place to host your event--small weddings, receptions, business meetings.
CITY: Rockford
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens
Tinker Swiss Cottage is a historic house museum located in the heart of Rockford, Illinois. The museum complex contains the historic house museum, barn, and carriage house from the Tinker family. In addition, the property is the home of the founding site of Rockford and contains a Pre-Columbian Native American conical mound. Robert Tinker's inspiration for the Cottage came during his tour of Europe in 1862, where he fell in love with the architecture of Switzerland. In 1865, Robert began building his Swiss Cottage on the limestone bluff overlooking Kent Creek.Robert surrounded his Swiss Cottage with over 27 acres of trees, vines, winding pathways, flowerbeds, and gardens. A three-story Swiss inspired barn was added to the property which housed cows, chickens, and horses.
CITY: Rockford
Volcano Falls Adventure Park
Play miniature golf on the ground-shaking Volcano Course under the shadow of a three-story erupting volcano or take it easy on the nine-hole Palm Course. Sharpen your sports skills in batting cages and the area's only soccer cages; enjoy "combat" with your friends in the Laser Zone; and race around the Go-Kart track.
CITY: Loves Park
Midway Village Museum
The museum campus consists of a Victorian village with 26 historical buildings filled with artifacts of the era as well as several beautiful 19th century gardens that depict life in northern Illinois from 1890 to 1910. Interpreters in authentic period dress are available seasonally for guided tours. The main museum building holds large group meeting rooms and exhibit space with a number of permanent exhibits reflecting Rockford's history and culture. Special events throughout the year include a World War II re-enatment, Sock Monkey and Scarecrow Harvest Festivals, and more. Free recreational path located on property.
CITY: Rockford
Discovery Center Museum
Named one of the top 12 children's museums in the nation by Forbes in 2012, here kids can explore more than 250 hands-on art and science exhibits, a planetarium, TV studio and the Tot Spot for toddlers. Discovery Center also boasts the nation's first community-built outdoor science park, the Rock River Discovery Park, featuring a two-story maze, water play area and dinosaur fossil dig.
CITY: Rockford
Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College
The area's oldest outdoor summer theatre with four musical productions in June and July. Starlight's home, the Bengt Sjostrom Theatre, features more than a thousand seats, a stunningly artistic and creative retractable roof, new seating and an improved stage. Starlight Theatre has been named one of Illinois' 150 Great Places by the American Institute of Architects, Illinois Council. This prestigious award is given to places that have been identified by leading architects as contributing to their communities' quality of life.
CITY: Rockford
Belvidere Park District
The Belvidere Park District spans stretches of the Kishwaukee River and Mill Race. It's a great place for fishing, biking and playing tennis, and includes a playground, picnic shelters, pool, swinging bridge and the historic Baltic Mill.
CITY: Belvidere
Edwards Orchard
Open August through November, come visit our farm this fall to share in our rustic culture and enjoy a taste of the season. Many varieties of apples to taste. Also available, in season, are raspberries, pumpkins, home-made goodies, and our famous apple cider donuts. Take a horse drawn ride out to the orchard to pick your own apples too. Family tradition starts here! There's a petting zoo too.
CITY: Poplar Grove
Trolley Car #36
Trolley Car #36 is a turn-of-the-century, open-air trolley, the kind your grandparents might have taken to work, except you don't have to go to work. Board the Trolley at the Trolley Station in Riverview Park (on Thursdays, board at Nicholas Conservatory), ride along Madison Street beside the scenic Rock River Recreation Path, stop for a brief visit to the Eclipse Lagoon and Gardens, travel to the Symbol, then turn around and return to the Trolley Station. Trolley Car #36 is wheelchair accessible; however, the trolley is limited to 2 wheelchairs per ride.
CITY: Rockford
Kryptonite Bar
Kryptonite is a live, original music venue specializing in Elite Craft Beers, customer service, signature cocktails, a sweet patio, Stand Up Comedy on Tuesdays, Trivia on Wednesdays, BARGO on Thursdays and so much more.
CITY: Rockford
Riverfront Museum Park
Arts and humanities complex housing Discovery Center Museum, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford Dance Company office and studies, Northern Illinois Public Radio offices and Rockford Symphony Orchestra offices.
CITY: Rockford
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is a 155-acre living museum filled with spectacular gardens and rare trees. There's beauty in every season from fragrant magnolia trees in spring and a butterfly garden in summer to the brilliant colors of fall and snow-capped evergreens in winter, when trails are cleared for walkers, cross-country skiers and snowshoeing. A 1.8 mile, handicapped-accessible paved path winds through the arboretum plus many secondary, chipped trails. Kids will have fun navigating the maze in the Children's Garden. Klehm is dog-friendly and any leashed dog is welcome. Filled with four season beauty, Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is waiting for you to explore.
CITY: Rockford
Illinois Lincoln Highway
Take a journey on the Illinois Lincoln Highway, a 179 mile National Scenic Byway. From the Indiana border, west toward the mighty MIssissippi, you will find an adventure filled with variety, rich in history and heritage. As you travel the Lincoln Highway route across northern Illinois, take time to discover each communities' unique culture and special offerings and find a past era woven together with the present.
CITY: Belvidere
Carlyle Brewing Company
Enjoy the taste of quality, handcrafted beer in the atmosphere of a true European-style ale house in the Rockford Region's premiere microbrewery. Ten to twelve styles of ales and lagers are on tap at any time, chosen from more than 30 styles of beer brewed on-site throughout the year. For a real treat for the beer lover, try the sampler tray of current beers. Delicious homemade root beer is a great treat for the whole family, available in a tall glass or as a root beer float. Sandwiches, bratwurst, and hot pretzels are also available.
CITY: Rockford
Forest City Queen Riverboat
The Forest City Queen gives you an up close and personal glimpse of some of the most stately homes gracing the banks of the Rock River. You will hear about Rockford's humble beginnings on the Rock River and its continuing influence today. A variety of cruise options are available, from hourly narration tours, private rentals, family-style picnics, Ski Broncs performances, to elegant dining.
CITY: Rockford
Sandy Hollow Antique & Flea Market
Rockford's only smoke-free, indoor-outdoor flea market; 60 indoor dealers, air-conditioned/heated. Snack bar featuring all fresh meat and hand-cut fries.
CITY: Rockford
Rock Cut State Park
With over 3,000 acres of rolling plains and two lakes, Rock Cut State Park is a hiker's paradise. It's also home to some of the best mountain biking in northeastern Illinois, offering 10 miles of dirt and sand terrain, doubletrack and singletrack trails. One of the loops is 4.25-miles, the Main Trail, which runs around Pierce Lake. Another loop snakes around the northeast corner of the park and leads through dense trees and hills.
CITY: Loves Park
Summerfield Farm & Zoo
Summerfield Zoo is home to a large variety of exotic animals, ranging from reindeer and monkeys to camels and mountain lions. We are proud to offer an up close and personal animal experience. While at the zoo, enjoy our education and fun animal encounter presentations. Summerfield Zoo is open selected weekends May through November.
CITY: Belvidere
Clock Tower Resort & Conference Center & CoCo Key Water Park
Located right off of Interstate 90. Guests traveling for work can make the most of their stay with many businesses and organizations within just a few miles of this Rockford hotel. The spacious, clean rooms offer wireless Internet access, a coffeemaker, cable or satellite television with in-room movies and much more. There are two dining options right on property with the Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery and Tempo Italian Bistro & Lounge. There is an indoor and outdoor heated pool, fitness center, business center, free complimentary WiFi and more. CoCo Key, one of Illinois' largest indoor water parks, offers over 60,000 square feet of fun with water slides, activity pools, a lazy river, an interactive play island, private cabanas and party rooms, and a 10,000 square foot arcade. We happily accept birthday parties and group outings!
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Watch Majestic Timelapse of Vicious Buffalo Blizzard
Just how bad was the snowstorm that pounded Western New York this week? Watch this and see for yourself.
Just how bad was the snowstorm that pounded Western New York this week? Watch this and see for yourself.
A new study reveals that when babies are exposed to certain allergens and bacteria in their first year of life, they could be protected from allergies and asthma later.
Artists hate when they have to be interrupted in the middle of a show, but sometimes it has to happen for everyone's benefit. At a show in Glen Falls, N.Y., Chris Young stopped in his tracks to break up a fight in the crowd.
Nobody wants to admit it, but sometimes people lie to you so they don't hurt your feelings. You should know it happens: because you do it too. I do it, you do it, it's not great. But it happens.
There was an article recently published by The Wall Street Journal about our habits when we lie. And well, I figure if there's anything we could all use, it would be a clue or two to suss out when someone's fibbin'. Of course that might mean you'll have to be more careful if you decide to tell one.
State Police have shot and killed Kurt Myers, the suspect in shootings that killed four people and injured two others in Herkimer and Mohawk, New York.
Shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, State Police, FBI and a K-9 unit entered the former Glory Days bar in Herkimer where Myers had been in hiding for nearly 16 hours and had at times exchanged fire with police.
Looks like you'll be able to a large Coke in restaurants after all, following a New York State Supreme Court judge's ruling.
Kids, I know that many of us, when we're out at the store or something, sometimes catch one half of a conversation. Or, maybe just the end of it. It could be something that makes sense or something that seems insane.
Although details are sketchy at the moment, several news outlets are reporting that a gunman has shot multiple people near the Empire State Building in Manhattan this morning.


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Ford Escape Engine and Performance Problems
timco5 Posts: 1I'm having the same issue. My 2011 Escape 4 cyl. 2 wheel drive, started vibrating when stopped at a stop sign, in gear at idle. I started to put the escape in neutral to minimize the vibration. I took it back to the dealer and they replaced an engine mount but the vibration is still there. They said there is nothing more they can do that it's a natural characteristic of the 4 cylinder engine. I'm pursuing matters through Ford. I will update if I get anywhere.
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Last week my 2005Ford Escape Hybrid engine blew up. Yes two pistons pushed through the engine block. It only had 63,000 miles on it, I only took it to the dealer for repair since buying it new (no one else would touch a hybrid). So I am looking at $8,000 plus to replace the engine. Does anyone know of a way to get Ford to help with some of the costs?
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That's going to be tough with a thrown rod but you certainly can try. As it stands the vehicle is just about totaled unfortunately, unless perhaps you found a good used engine. It doesn't seem wise to invest $8000, but of course that is your decision. That's pretty unusual for two pistons to let loose, so maybe Ford needs to examine the interior of this engine before "blaming" you.
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Creating Your Dream Bath
Turn your bathroom from functional space into soothing sanctuary with the latest remodeling options and design trends
If you only have time--and money--for a simple spruce-up, consider the following:
Resurface your bathtub: For a tub that is in otherwise good condition, but has a worn or badly stained finish, try resurfacing it rather than replacing it. The one- to two-day process involves cleaning and prepping the surface, followed by the application of a coating to restore the color and shine.
Regrout or retile your walls: If your tile is fine but the grout is discolored or damaged, regrout the area. Keep in mind that if tile is bulging or leaking, there may be more serious problems underneath. In this case, consult a contractor. You may need to replace the tile.
Install an acrylic liner: Acrylic liners that fit over your existing tub are another option. Your old bathtub is first measured to ensure a perfect fit and a new molded acrylic liner is made and then inserted on top of it. Installation takes one day.
Thanks to ongoing innovations, you can enjoy a spalike experience any time you want it--at home. Installing a rain showerhead or a shower system in your bath are among the simplest ways to add a touch of luxury.
Rain showerheads: are designed to simulate the soothing feeling of rainfall. These fittings have a wider and stronger spray than most typical showerheads. Kallista's Michael S. Smith For Town Collection showerhead boasts an 8-inch diameter and a sleek design. It comes with an L-shaped shower arm that al-lows the unit to rest parallel to the ceiling. The Isabel Rainshower showerhead from ShowHouse by Moen installs easily into any shower without requiring changes to the existing plumbing. Its 7-inch spray face is self-pressurized to maintain proper water flow and force
A typical shower system includes a panel incorporating several body spray jets for an all-over hydro-massage. Installed on the shower wall, the panel can usually be raised or lowered for your comfort. Hansgrohe's luxurious Pharo Showerpanel Lift features six body sprays, a "downpour air" showerhead, and a handshower. The unit is on a hydraulic system for easy height adjustment. The VertiSpa Shower System from American Standard comes equipped with a diverter valve that allows you to toggle between the shower and the five body sprays, three of which have a spiral water flow for massage.


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Oscar hosts: why not Manny and Sue Heck?
Posted By Joanne Ostrow On November 29, 2010 @ 5:26 pm In Awards Shows,TV News | No Comments
We all understand why the Academy picked James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host the Oscars in February. It's about luring the demo: getting younger fans to watch an awards show that historically skews old. Franco and Hathaway, age 32 and 28, respectively, are hardly household names to the masses in the way Steve Martin, Bob Hope or Billy Crystal were when they landed the gig. And it probably won't work. But that's another story.
For now, let's consider: if the producers were so determined to go for the youth vote, why not hire some talent who would really lower the average age? Get "Modern Family's" Manny Delgado (Rico Rodriguez) and "The Middle's" Sue Heck (Eden Sher) up there and see if America's post-adolescent audience will put down the wii long enough to see who's winning Best Picture. We know Manny is weirdly mature beyond his years, and Sue is, well, weird. Imagine how the talented young comic actors would do.
Other possibilities? Nominations are open.
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Tipsy Pot
Plant Tower
Gary saw this clay pot tower in someone's yard on his way home from work. I found some limited instructions online, and learned that they were called Tipsy Pots. Here's what we did to put one together.
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Finding the minimum information for the International Genealogical Index
To find an individual's birth date in the International Genealogical Index (IGI), you must at least know the individual's name. If you do not have the minimum information to locate an International Genealogical Index record, you can either: Get help finding some of the minimum information by selecting the following item, click the Back button at the top of this window to return to the list of other places where you can find birth dates, or read the paragraphs below for a few additional tips. Finding birth dates If the individual was a veteran who served and was killed in the Korean or Vietnam War, you may be able to find a birth date through the death records in the Military Index on the FamilySearch computer at your local Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Family History Library has all other wars indexed on microfiche. You only need to know the war and the veteran's name. Local community and genealogy libraries may also have war indexes. Contact individual libraries for their holdings. Make sure to check photo albums, scrapbooks, diaries, and family Bibles at home. See the topic Finding information at home for more information. Also check for local histories. See the topic Finding previous research. Return to the Main Menu of the Genealogy "How-To" Guide |
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Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
As more professionals work from remote or distributed locations, the need for cheap, flexible communication tools has grown. Recent technological developments are creating more ways for users to work anytime and anywhere, and these new tools are finding their way into homes and classrooms as well. Online communication tools put students in touch with distant family members, practicing experts, and their peers, wherever they may be located. Desktop videoconferencing, instant messaging services, microblogging platforms, and voice-over-IP clients facilitate connections and the dissemination of information between and among students and teachers, keeping classroom communities in touch with each other on a more extensive basis than ever before.
The tools for remote communication that are used by professionals are easily adaptable to teaching and learning, and indeed we are seeing an increase in classroom use of programs for that purpose. Such tools make it easy for students to move past the classroom walls and connect with their peers around the world as well as giving them access to experts in fields they are studying. Online communication tools may be synchronous or asynchronous; based in text, audio or video; and enable one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many communications. Many may be used either from a computer or an Internet-enabled mobile phone, and some can be used from almost any mobile phone.
Brief, synchronous online communication through instant messaging, and near-synchronous or asynchronous conversations via Twitter (http://twitter.com), a microblog application, allow dialogs that are not bound by physical space or time limits. Meebo (http://meebo.com), a web-based instant messaging aggregator, eliminates the need for schools to support software from a variety of instant messaging vendors by enabling access to different accounts in one interface. There are mobile clients for both Twitter and Meebo, meaning that access to text communications is possible on the go as well. Synchronous online communication through instant messaging is a part of many people's daily lives, and this includes K-12 students. Many schools are now beginning to see instant messaging as a learning tool rather than a distraction. This requires new approaches to classroom management in order to optimize learning and limit unhelpful communications.
Programs like Skype (http://skype.com) allow free online video conferencing, which many young people already use to communicate with their extended families. Now a student in Jacksonville, Florida may be as likely to speak to a peer in India as to a grandparent in Minnesota. Desktop video conferencing knocks down classroom walls and brings subject experts and co-learners from all over the world into the classroom. Ustream (http://www.ustream.tv) makes it easy to broadcast video to the web, either as a live event or as a recording, pairing the broadcast with a chat window for remote participation. Such opportunities present great advantages to students who are now expected to develop skills valued by the international work community such as communication skills and global and cultural awareness.
Online communication tools developed with schools in mind offer additional features. Edmodo (http://edmodo.com) is a private microblogging platform that gives teachers and students a sheltered place to manage classroom assignments and activities as well as engage in protected conversations. YackPack (http://yackpack.com) combines live voice, a visual presence for speakers, text messaging, and the ability to record and archive sessions in a friendly interface designed for school use. There are many tools like these available, and they continue to be developed day by day.
Relevance for Teaching, Learning, or Creative Expression
The value of online communication tools goes well beyond social interaction. Access to these tools gives students an opportunity to experience learning in multiple ways, to develop a public voice, to make connections with others around the world, and to compare their own ideas with those of their peers.
The best moment to teach a student something is the moment they are curious about it — but what about when that moment happens outside of classroom hours? Online communication tools create opportunities for "the teachable moment" even if students are at home, at the mall, on a field trip, or anywhere else. Students in Greenville, South Carolina can take part in live conversations anytime with their teacher through Gabbly (http://gabbly.com), a chat widget that is embedded into their teacher's website. Anytime communication also helps make students available to teachers when needed. Teachers can manage classroom activities even outside of classroom hours through synchronous, two-way online communication that can provide time-sensitive information about projects and assignments and reach multiple students at once.
The combination of social interaction and meeting an expert in a subject provides avenues for deep learning, but student field trips are necessarily limited and not every opportunity can be followed. Desktop videoconferencing offers unique solutions to these issues. While videoconferencing in the commercial world has been around for quite some time, standard equipment and technology requirements often make that type of communication unfeasible for schools. Web-based communication tools for video conferencing, which are often free and require only a webcam and a moderately high speed internet connection, open up new opportunities for virtual visits to relevant locations and for interactive conversations with specialists. Capturing such a conversation creates an instant reference: students at Philadelphia's Science Leadership Academy (SLA), a public high school, use Ustream to view class discussions and presentations for study and review, or to make up for a missed class.
The types of experiences made possible by online communication tools give students opportunities to learn in nontraditional ways. Debate, dialog, demonstration, conversation, and other means for exploring the many sides of a topic are all natural ways to interact using these tools. While a shorthand form of writing is commonly used in text messages, students still need to develop their ideas in order to express them; and tools that make use of audio or video encourage students to articulate their thoughts clearly in order to be understood.
A sampling of applications for online communication tools across the curriculum includes the following:
- Social Studies. Students in Worcester, Massachusetts used Skype to communicate their experiences at the inauguration of President Barack Obama to fellow students in Massachusetts and Maine, and to a TV crew at WBZ in Boston, in real time. The middle and high school students at home asked questions using both video and chat in Skype.
- Mathematics. A school in Salem, Oregon uses YackPack in an ongoing math project called Math Scene Investigation (MSI). Students use YackPack to collaborate on solving math problems with a criminal investigation twist.
- History. A collaboration between The History Channel, the New York Historical Society, Ustream.tv and Verizon brought American history expert, David McCullough, into classrooms via Ustream's desktop video conferencing service so students could talk with him about George Washington on Presidents Day 2008.
Online Communication Tools in Practice
The following examples provide snapshots of how online communication tools are being applied in practice.
Around the World 2008
An annual project at Passaic Valley High School in New Jersey connects students with their peers around the world using videoconferencing, email, chat, and other online tools.
Board Connect: Anacortes School District Board of Directors
Several districts in Washington state, including the Anacortes School District, use an online communication tool called BoardConnect to facilitate school board meetings and communicate information to parents and teachers.
Fishbowl 101
A Colorado teacher uses a process she calls "the fishbowl," in which an inner circle of students discusses class material while an outer circle of students live blogs the discussion and carries on one of their own in the blogs.
NML Mapping Think Tank
MIT's project New Media Literacies (NML) used a Tumblr blog to collect resources, examples, and ideas around applying new media literacies to geography. The blog was built as a conversation among project members.
Zoey's Room
Zoey's Room is an online community for middle school girls that fosters creativity in STEM subjects. One of the features is a chat room where girls can converse with "Fab Females," professional women who have careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
For Further Reading
The following articles and resources are recommended for those who wish to learn more about online communication tools.
Around the World with 80 School Projects
(Sylvia Tolisano, Langwitches, 10 January 2009.) The author, a technology integration facilitator in Jacksonville, Florida, is interviewed by Howard Wolinsky about her use of Skype to facilitate student interactions with 80 other schools around the world.
Edmodo is Twitter for Education
(Doriano "Paisano" Carter, Mashable, September 2008.) This post describes Edmodo, a microblogging application that allows teachers to communicate with groups of students anytime.
A Live Lesson on George Washington
(Brad Hunstable, The Ustream.tv Blog, 13 February 2008.) This blog post describes a live, interactive online conversation between noted historian David McCullough and students via Ustream.
Online Videoconferencing: Web Tools Such as Ustream Make Video Broadcasting Accessible
(Gary Stager, District Administration, June 2008.) This article provides an overview of major online video technologies used in K-12 classrooms and examples of how they are used.
Delicious: Online Communication Tools
(Tagged by K-12 Horizon Advisory Board and friends, 2009). Follow this link to find additional resources tagged for this topic and this edition of the Horizon Report. To add to this list, simply tag resources with "hzk09" and "commtools" when you save them to Delicious.
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LONDON -- As the lineup for the third Sundance London film and music festival is unveiled, Variety talks to John Cooper, director of the Sundance Film Festival, and Trevor Groth, Sundance's director of programming, about the selection (see below for full lineup).
Sundance London, which runs April 25-27, will include 21 feature films and 18 shorts across five sections, as well as live performances by a number of musical acts, which will be linked to movies screening at the fest, and a series of panel discussions.
Cooper says that when Robert Redford and the Sundance team set up the London event, one of their motivations was to give added exposure to U.S. indie films in the international market.
"We realized that the international life of an American independent film was crucial to its success," he says. The London fest's creation was partly driven by an impulse to do "anything we could to help films go outside of our borders," he adds.
Among the American indie films that played first at the Sundance Film Festival, which takes place in January in Park City, Utah, and now have their international premieres in London are "Little Accidents," "They Came Together," "The Voices," "Hits," "Dinosaur 13," "Drunktown's Finest" and "The Case Against 8," which won the directing award for a U.S. documentary. "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter," which won the U. S. dramatic special jury award for musical score, has its U.K. premiere in London.
"It was a very successful Sundance for us, so that made for a very good opportunity, with many films that could play at London. So there was a great selection," Cooper says.
"We looked for films that represent American independent film but also that sense of discovery that Sundance is known for," he says.
"We really try to have a range of films to bring that will excite the audience, and we learned -- this being our third edition -- that the audiences in London are really up for this," he says, citing the mix of docus, artistic films, very serious narrative movies, and comedies. "We were trying to get the full range of what the filmmakers in America are making right now."
Another impulse behind the birth of the London festival was to link the worlds of movies and music.
"One of the through-lines that we have done throughout the three years of doing Sundance London is that in its conception Redford wanted it to be a film and music festival. He always loved that cross-section of the arts, and so we've always looked for films that have music ties," Groth says.
"What is nice about them is that they aren't just about a band or about a kind of music. It is about the cultural impact and the personal impact that music can have on lives."
Among the musicians to play live at the London event are Archive, whose performance is tied to a screening of "Axiom," and Dele Sosimi, one of the original members of Fela Kuti's band, alongside an Afrobeat orchestra, which is linked to the screening of Alex Gibney's film "Finding Fela."
Other films with a musical theme include "Lambert & Stamp," about the managers of The Who, "Memphis," about a singer wandering through the city, and "Under the Electric Sky," about the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, the largest music festival in the U.S.
The desire to connect filmmakers with musicians is one that is close to Redford's heart.
Cooper says: "It's an idea that Redford has been very involved in, the whole notion of mixing artists together for a greater impact, and it has been growing in the minds of American filmmakers."
He adds: "It is in the independent zeitgeist to use music in more interesting ways than they did even 10 years ago."
One of the panel discussions, "The Art of Film Music," looks at composing. Speakers are Alex Heffes ("The Last King of Scotland," "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom") and Javier Navarrete ("Pan's Labyrinth," "Byzantium"). It is moderated by the director of the Sundance Film Music Program, Peter Golub ("Frozen River," "The Laramie Project").
Pulp lead singer Jarvis Cocker will join another music-themed debate, titled "Hybrid Vigor: When Music, Art and Documentary Collide."
The festival's venue, AEG Europe's O2 entertainment complex in East London, offers the ideal site to accommodate the festival's mix of live music performances, film screenings and panel discussions, and the challenges that come with staging such an event, Groth says.
The success of the London event has encouraged Sundance to expand the selection of music-themed events in Park City and its other events, such as the Los Angeles festival, Next Weekend, Groth says.
The third panel discussion in London is "Guts to Glory: How Do You Find Your Story?," which is joined by Ryan Coogler, director/screenwriter of "Fruitvale Station," and Marjane Satrapi, director of "The Voices."
American independent narrative and documentary films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.
"Blue Ruin" (Director and screenwriter: Jeremy Saulnier) -- A mysterious outsider's quiet life turns upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving to be an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family. Cast: Macon Blair, Amy Hargreaves, Sidne Anderson, Devin Ratray, Kevin Kolack.
"The Case Against 8" (Directors: Ben Cotner, Ryan White) -- A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Documentary) Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. International Premiere.
"Dinosaur 13" (Director: Todd Miller) -- An unprecedented saga in human history unfurls in this true tale of the world's greatest dinosaur discovery and the ensuing battle to possess a 65-million-year-old treasure. (Documentary). International Premiere.
"Drunktown's Finest" (Director and screenwriter: Sydney Freeland) -- Three young Native Americans--a rebellious father-to-be, a devout Christian woman, and a promiscuous transsexual--come of age on an Indian reservation. Cast: Jeremiah Bitsui, Carmen Moore, Morningstar Angeline, Kiowa Gordon, Shauna Baker, Elizabeth Francis. International Premiere.
"Finding Fela" (Director: Alex Gibney) -- Fela Anikulapo Kuti created the musical movement Afrobeat and used it as a political forum to oppose the Nigerian dictatorship and advocate for the rights of oppressed people. This is the story of his life, music, and political importance, from the award-winning director of "Taxi to the Dark Side" and "We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks." (Documentary)
In conjunction with the film, the festival will host a free performance from Dele Sosimi, one of the original members of Fela Kuti's band, alongside an Afrobeat orchestra on April 27.
"Fruitvale Station" (Director and screenwriter: Ryan Coogler) -- The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family and strangers on the last day of 2008. Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray. Winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, and the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. U.K. Premiere.
"Hits" (Director and screenwriter: David Cross) -- A small town in upstate New York is populated by people who wallow in unrealistic expectations. There, fame, delusion, earnestness and recklessness meet, shake hands and disrupt the lives around them. Hits is the directorial debut of writer, comedian and actor David Cross, best known for his work on "Arrested Development." Cast: Michael Cera, Meredith Hagner, Matt Walsh, James Adomian, Jake Cherry, Derek Waters, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Ritter. International Premiere.
"Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter" (Director: David Zellner, Screenwriters: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner) -- A lonely Japanese woman becomes convinced that a satchel of money buried in a fictional film is, in fact, real. Abandoning her structured life in Tokyo for the frozen Minnesota wilderness, she embarks on an impulsive quest to search for her lost mythical fortune. Cast: Rinko Kikuchi. Winner of a U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Musical Score at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. U.K. Premiere.
"Lambert & Stamp" (Director: James D. Cooper) -- In this crazy, chaotic gospel of chance, aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to search for a subject for their underground movie, leading them to discover, mentor, and manage the iconic band known as The Who and create rock 'n' roll history. (Documentary) U.K. Premiere.
"Little Accidents" (Director and screenwriter: Sara Colangelo) -- In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together--a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy--in a web of secrets. Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook, Chloe Sevigny, Jacob Lofland, Josh Lucas. International Premiere.
"Memphis" (Director and screenwriter: Tim Sutton) -- A strange singer drifts through the mythic city of Memphis, surrounded by beautiful women, legendary musicians, a stone-cold hustler, a righteous preacher, and a wolf pack of kids. Under a canopy of ancient oak trees and burning spirituality, his doomed journey breaks from conformity and reaches out for glory. Cast: Willis Earl Beal, Lopaka Thomas, Constance Brantley, Devonte Hull, John Gary Williams, Larry Dodson. International Premiere.
"Obvious Child" (Director and screenwriter: Gillian Robespierre) -- An honest comedy about what happens when Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern gets dumped, fired, and pregnant, just in time for the worst/best Valentine's Day of her life. Cast: Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, David Cross, Gabe Liedman, Richard Kind. U.K. Premiere.
"They Came Together" (Director: David Wain, Screenwriters: Michael Showalter, David Wain) -- This subversion/spoof/deconstruction of the romantic comedy genre has a vaguely, but not overtly, Jewish leading man, a klutzy, but adorable, leading lady, and New York City itself as another character in the story. "They Came Together" reunites director Wain with many of the stars from his 2001 cult teen classic, "Wet Hot American Summer." Cast: Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Ed Helms, Cobie Smulders, Max Greenfield, Christopher Meloni. International Premiere.
"Under the Electric Sky" (EDC 2013) (Directors: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz) -- This 3-D film chronicles the love, community, and life of festivalgoers during Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, the largest music festival in the U.S. Behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive interviews with Insomniac's Pasquale Rotella reveal the magic that makes this three-night, 345,000-person event a global phenomenon. (Documentary) U.K. Premiere.
"The Voices" (Director: Marjane Satrapi, Screenwriter: Michael R. Perry) -- This genre-bending tale centers around Jerry Hickfang, a lovable but disturbed factory worker who yearns for attention from a woman in accounting. When their relationship takes a sudden, murderous turn, Jerry's evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog lead him down a fantastical path where he ultimately finds salvation. Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver. International Premiere.
On-screen stories complemented by extraordinary off-screen experiences.
"Axiom" (Director: NYSU, Screenwriters: David Gambero & NYSU) -- Axiom is an island in the middle of nowhere, steep cliffs on all sides. On the island there is an underground city dominated by a bell, the bell decides the fate of the city's inhabitants. Cast: Jonathan David Mellor, Santi Senso, Cova de Alfonso, Silvia Vacas, Pablo Menasanch, Julia Llerena. World Premiere.
Includes a live performance and DJ set by South London collective Archive, who will also participate in a post-screening Q&A.
Drawing on the Sundance Film Festival's rich legacy of premiering outstanding films produced in the U.K. - including An Education, Four Weddings and a Funeral, In Bruges, In the Loop, Kinky Boots, and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels - this showcase presents two U.K. films that premiered in Park City, Utah, this year.
Frank (Director: Lenny Abrahamson, Screenwriters: Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan) -- Frank is an offbeat comedy about a wannabe musician who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant garde rock band led by the enigmatic Frank--a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head. Cast: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy. U.K. Premiere.
The Trip to Italy (Director: Michael Winterbottom, Screenwriters: Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Michael Winterbottom) -- Michael Winterbottom reunites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon for more delectable food, some sharp-elbowed rivalry, and plenty of laughs. Cast: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon. European Premiere.
A selection of notable films discovered by the Sundance Film Festival and presented at Sundance London in association with Empire Magazine. These films are included in the Sundance Collection at UCLA, which preserves independent documentaries, narratives and short films supported by Sundance Institute.
"Memento" (Director: Christopher Nolan, Screenwriters: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan) -- A man with a relentless desire to revenge his wife's brutal murder faces a rare, untreatable form of memory loss that hinders his path. Memento is a complex puzzle in which the outcome is known and the enjoyment comes from piecing together the steps leading up to it. Cast: Harriet Sansom Harris, Mark Boone Junior, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Guy Pearce, Stephen Tobolowsky. Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
"Reservoir Dogs" (Director and screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino) -- Six unacquainted professional criminals are brought together by a veteran thief to execute an elaborate diamond robbery that goes awry. Confused and panicked by their narrow escape, the four surviving jewel thieves regroup at the planned rendezvous spot, where they question trustworthiness and face harrowing confrontations and fierce dissension. Cast: Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Tim Roth, Lawrence Tierney. Premiered at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival.
"Winter's Bone" (Director: Debra Granik, Screenwriters: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini) -- When a teenage girl's crystal-meth-making father skips bail and goes missing, she and her young siblings and disabled mother face losing their home. In a heroic quest, the girl traverses the county to confront her kin, break their silent collusion, and bring her father home. Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin Breznahan. Winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Discussions with renowned guest speakers providing insights into the filmmaking process.
What goes into a successful film score? What is the ideal way for directors and composers to interact? What are some of the many roles music can play in the filmmaking process? How can music enhance (or ruin) a movie? These and other questions related to the intersection of film and music will be discussed by two leading practitioners: Alex Heffes ("The Last King of Scotland," "Red Riding Hood," "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom") and Javier Navarrete ("Pan's Labyrinth," "Wrath of the Titans," "The Sea," "Byzantium"), moderated by the director of the Sundance Film Music Program, Peter Golub ("Frozen River," "The Great Debaters," "The Laramie Project"). Presented in association with British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
With case studies from script to screen, this in-depth panel will get down and dirty about the often bumpy ride that it takes to realize your dream of getting your film made. From the spark of an idea, to typing the words FADE IN, to your world premiere at a major festival, filmmakers share stories from the trenches on how they navigated the obstacles, faced the challenges, compromised when they had to, and ultimately beat the odds. Are you ready for the true story? This panel is for anyone who has made a film (or dreams of making a film) or who just wants to know the real deal. Panelists are Ryan Coogler, director/screenwriter, "Fruitvale Station," and Marjane Satrapi, director, "The Voices"; Moderated by John Cooper, director, Sundance Film Festival. Presented in association with BFI NET.WORK.
From last year's "Stories We Tell" to the controversial "The Act of Killing," the hybrid documentary is going from strength to convention-busting strength. But British documentary seems to be pushing the boundaries even further in challenging the genres of music, biography and archive film. Why is this and what does it tell us about the role of artists and musicians in documentary filmmaking? Join the creative partnerships behind three recent festival hits for an exploration of what went into stretching the limits of the form, an insight into the unusual collaborations between director and subject, and a look at the questions these films pose about memory, truth and the creative process. Panelists are: Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace, composer and director of "The Big Melt"; Edwyn Collins and Grace Maxwell, subjects of "The Possibilities are Endless"; Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, directors of "20,000 Days on Earth"; Moderated by Tabitha Jackson, director, Documentary Film Program, Sundance Institute. Presented in association with BRITDOC and Sheffield DocFest.
Two wide-ranging collections of short films that screened in January at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Cruising Electric (1980) (U.S.) (Director and screenwriter: Brumby Boylston) -- The marketing department green-lights a red-light tie-in: 60 lost seconds of modern movie merchandising. International Premiere
Dawn (U.S.) (Director: Rose McGowan, Screenwriters: M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller) -- Dawn is a quiet young teenager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life. Dawn is the directorial debut of actress Rose McGowan (Planet Terror). International Premiere
Exchange & Mart (U.K.) (Directors: Cara Connolly, Martin Clark, Screenwriter: Cara Connolly) -- Reg is a lonely girl at a remote Scottish boarding school where paranoia about rape is rife. Her unorthodox self-defense class provides the human touch she craves so deeply. When she is attacked in the woods, she knows what she has to do...
Love. Love. Love. (Russia) (Director: Sandhya Daisy Sundaram) -- Every year, through the endless winters, her love takes new shapes and forms. Winner of a Short Film Special Jury Award for Non-fiction at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Marilyn Myller (U.S., U.K.) (Director and screenwriter: Mikey Please) -- Marilyn maketh. Marilyn taketh awayeth. Marilyn is trying really hard to create something good. For once, her expectation and reality are going to align. It will be epic. It will be tear-jerkingly profound. It will be perfect. Nothing can go wrong.
Notes on Blindness (U.K., U.S., Australia) (Directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney) -- In 1983, writer and theologian John Hull became blind. To help make sense of his loss, he began keeping an audio diary. Encompassing dreams, memories, and his imaginative life, Notes on Blindness immerses the viewer in Hull's experience of blindness.
Of God and Dogs (Syria) (Director: Abounaddara Collective) -- A young, free Syrian soldier confesses to killing a man he knew was innocent. He promises to take vengeance on the God who led him to commit the murder. Winner of the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. European Premiere
Phantom Limb (U.K., Australia) (Director and screenwriter: Alex Grigg) -- James and Martha narrowly survive a motorcycle accident. During the aftermath, however, James begins to experience Martha's phantom pains.
The winner of the Sundance London Short Film Competition will be the tenth short film featured in this program.
Afronauts (U.S.) (Director and screenwriter: Frances Bodomo) -- On July 16th 1969, America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of miles away, the Zambia Space Academy hopes to beat America to the moon. Inspired by true events. UK Premiere
"Burger" (U.K., Norway) (Director and screenwriter: Magnus Mork) -- It's late night in a burger bar in Wales... Winner of a Short Film Special Jury Award for Direction and Ensemble Acting at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
The Cut (Canada) (Director and screenwriter: Genevieve Dulude-Decelles) -- The Cut tells the story of a father and a daughter, whose relationship fluctuates between proximity and detachment, at the moment of a haircut. Winner of the Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
I Think This Is the Closest to How the Footage Looked (Israel) (Directors: Yuval Hameiri) -- A man with poor means recreates a lost memory of the last day with his mom. Objects come to life in a desperate struggle to produce a single moment that is gone. Winner of the Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
The Last Days of Peter Bergmann (Ireland) (Director: Ciaran Cassidy) -- In 2009, a man claiming to be from Austria arrived in the town of Sligo, Ireland. During his final days, Peter Bergmann went to great lengths to ensure no one ever discovered who he was and where he came from. UK Premiere
Life's a Bitch (Canada) (Director: Francois Jaros, Screenwriter: Guillaume Lambert) -- Love. Grief. Choc. Denial. Sleeplessness. Bubble bath. Mucus. Masturbation. Pop tart. Pigeons. Toothpaste. Hospital. Fk. Bye. Hair. Sports. Chicken. Bootie. Kids. Rejection. Squirrels. Cries. Awkward--95 scenes, five minutes: life's a bitch. UK Premiere
MeTube: August Sings Carmen "Habanera" (Austria) (Director and screenwriter: Daniel Moshel) -- George Bizet's "Habanera" from Carmen has been reinterpreted and enhanced with electronic sounds for MeTube, an homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers, and gifted and less gifted self-promoters on the Internet.
The Obvious Child (U.K.) (Director and screenwriter: Stephen Irwin) -- Somebody broke the girl's parents. The rabbit was there when it happened. It was an awful mess.
Yearbook (U.S.) (Director and screenwriter: Bernardo Britto) -- A man is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before the planet blows up. Winner of the Short Film Jury Award: Animation at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. International Premiere
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Climate change is an unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people who depend on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. Climate change affects agriculture and food security, and likewise, agriculture and natural resource management affect the climate system. These complex and dynamic relationships are also shaped by economic policies, political conflict and other factors such as the spread of infectious diseases. There is a need to promote a food-secure world through the provision of technology-based efforts that support sustainable agriculture and enhance livelihoods while adapting to climate change. In order to develop practical solutions for agriculture in the face of climate change, we need to
The main purpose of the course is to enhance the capabilities of technical staff involved in Food Security Analysis, climate analysis and agriculture by providing them with an understanding on the use of spatial and Earth Observation (EO) information as a tool to integrate knowledge about climate change, agriculture, and food security in a meaningful and innovative way.
The course is targeted at professionals who require knowledge and skills on the use of GIS and Remote Sensing in their organizations in the field of Food Security Analysis and agriculture.
The training is designed for participants who are reasonably proficient in English. It is an advantage, but not a prerequisite, that the participants have prior knowledge in Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change Adaptation and a basic working knowledge in GIS and Remote Sensing technologies.
Applicants must live up to Indepth Research Services (IRES) admission criteria.
10 Days
By completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the basic concepts of GIS and Remote Sensing
- Understand concepts and main frameworks in Food Security Analysis
- Understand concepts and main frameworks in Climate Change Analysis
- Understand concepts and main frameworks in Agriculture
- Understand the relationship between climate change, agriculture and food security
- Apply GIS and Remote Sensing as Decision support tool for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
- Use GIS information in planning FS interventions through spatial multi-criteria analysis
- Assess spatial data availability and understand the importance of spatial data infrastructure (SDI), for data sharing by organizations involved in CCAFS
- Apply GIS and RS for designing implementations of large scale early warning systems
- Use participatory GIS (PGIS) tools during assessments at community level
- Apply remote sensing data and image processing techniques to monitor select CCAFS indicators
- Integrate use of NDVI, VPI and DMP, RFE and other satellite products for CCAFS indicators monitoring
- Use mobile phones to gather data during field assessments/surveys by designing and using mobile data gathering systems using Open Data Kit and Nokia Data Gathering platforms
- Design and implement their own GIS projects that integrate remote sensing data, GPS-based field information, and CCAFS Frameworks and analysis in a proper geospatial and cartographic framework
Training Overview
- Food Security Concepts and Frameworks
- Food Security Systems and Networks
- Agriculture concepts and frameworks
- Comprehensive Food Security Assessment and Analysis with Geodata (Nutrition, Market, Livelihood, HH, Vulnerability and Baseline)
- Observed Climate Change and Impacts
- Climate Predictions and Major Sources of Uncertainty
- Climate change mitigation and Adaptation Practices and Resilience
Introduction to GIS
- What is a GIS?
- Importance of GIS
- Major Areas of Practical Application
- Economic impact
Maps and Cartography
- What is a map?
- Cartographic abstraction: selection, classification, simplification, exaggeration, symbolization
- Map types: reference and thematic
- Computer cartography vs. GIS
- GIS vs. paper maps
- Map elements: distance, scale, direction, legend, projection, coordinate system
- Scale, accuracy, and resolution in GIS
Exercise: Creating Maps symbols and Designing with QGIS
Spatial Data Models: Vector and Raster
- Vector model: points, lines, and polygons
- and attributes: computed vs. associated attributes
- overlay
- Raster model: grids, cells
- Grids: variables (e.g., elevation, soil pH)
- (digital photographs)
Exercise: Load Data into GIS software(QGIS and Saga GIS) ;Organizing GIS data; Creating and editing data; combining raster and vector data; Querying maps.
Georeferencing and Coordinate Systems
- Geographic coordinate system: latitude and longitude
- Geoids, spheroids, ellipsoids, and datums
- Projected coordinate systems
- Projections and transformations
- Common coordinates U.S; Africa, Asia, UTM
Exercise: Projections, Georeferencing, UTM zones, soil systems.
Geospatial Data Collection and Sources
- Geospatial data: sampling the world
- Primary vs. secondary data
- Primary data sources
- Surveying, GPS, sampling, remote sensing
- Errors and accuracy: data quality, certification, metadata
- Important secondary data sources
- Government
- Private Sector
- World wide web eg FEWSNET, FAO
- Digital soil survey
- Soil Map
- Soil Data Mart
- Web Soil survey
Soil Map Units and Realistic Yield Expectations
Global Positioning System (GPS) and Basic GPS skills
- Introduction to GPS
- Types of GPSes
- GPS, GLONAS, Argos, and other data types and sources
- Developing standard procedures and guidelines
- GPS configuration, Capturing data from surveys
- GPS data download and related tasks
- Integrating field data into the GIS database
Exercise: Field Data Collection and Maps
Food Security Assessment and Analysis with Geodata
- Livelihood
- Nutrition
- Market Accessibility
- Vulnerability
- Baseline
Climate Predictions and Major Sources of Uncertainty
- Introduction and background
- Climate models both present and future and the different scenarios
- Sources of uncertainty and variation
- Climate change mitigation and Adaptation Practices and Resilience
Remote Sensing
- Definitions
- Electromagnetic spectrum and radiation physics
- Aerial and satellite photography and imaging
- Resolution: spectral and spatial
- Image processing for food security and climate change
- Image interpretation and classification
- Lidar and topographic mapping
- Mainstreaming climate data into Food Security and Agriculture
Exercise: Image interpretation and classification
Statistics and Spatial Variability
- Introduction to Spatial Statistics
- Continuous data
- Discrete Data
- Sampling
Exercise: Lidar elevation and grid soil tests
- What is interpolation?
- Characteristics of interpolators
Exercise: Interpolating elevation and soil PH
Precision Agriculture
- Definition and rationale: agronomy, environment, economics
- Tools: GIS, GPS, variable rate technology (VRT)
- Spatial Variability in Agriculture
- Yield monitoring and mapping
- Yield‐limiting factors
- Characterizing soil spatial variability
- Site‐specific soil management: prescription maps
- Grid sampling, management zones, realistic yield expectations
- Remote sensing (RS) for site‐specific management.
Case Studies:
- Integrating Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (Climate Analogue Tool Kit)
- GIS based approaches for adapting Agriculture to Climate Change
The training will be facilitated by experienced GIS, Remote Sensing, Food Security Analysts, Agriculture and climate experts with many years of experience working with re-known organizations.
Software vendors, academic institutions and other leading agencies in CCAFS Analysis, GIS and Remote Sensing in the region will also make presentations.
The training is not aimed at any specific GIS and Remote Sensing software products, but will provide a practical, hands-on GIS problem solving, by making use of Free Open Source and commercial GIS Software such as ArcGIS, Quantum GIS, ILWIS,PCRaster, Google Earth, Google MapMaker and Open Data Kit (ODK).
The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web based tutorials, group work and study visits. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.
All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.
Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with an Indepth Research Services (IRES) certificate.
The standard course fee is KES 150,000, or US$ 2000. This covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.
Mob: +254 715 077 817
Tel: 020 211 3814
To apply for this course kindly register online in our website before C.O.B. 18th November 2013.
Payment for the all courses includes a registration fee, which is non-refundable, and equals 15% of the total sum of the course fee.
- Participants may cancel attendance 14 days or more prior to the training commencement date.
- No refunds will be made 14 days or less to the training commencement date. However, participants who are unable to attend may opt to attend a similar training at a later date, or send a substitute participant provided the participation criteria have been met.
This scheduled course can also be tailored for your organisation. To find out how our tailor-made training can help your organisation, call our team on
Mob: +254 715 077 817
Tel: 020 211 3814
Please Note: The program content shown here is for guidance purposes only. Our continuous course improvement process may lead to changes in topics and course structure.
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(WDIV) A man on a mission to rescue a dog stranded on frozen Lake Erie needed some rescuing of his own after falling through the thin ice.
During an afternoon walk with his owner, Bart, an 11-year old Walker Hound, wandered away and fell through the ice on Lake Erie.
"I tried to walk around to him and it was just too deep and I couldn't get to him," said Bart's owner, Jim Swayze.
Waist deep in freezing water, Swayze called 911-and then he called his cousin Lance who arrived first.
With his waders on, Lance ventured out, taking a chance on every step.
"It broke and I fell in and I was probably about 3 and half feet deep," said Lance Eicher.
He finally reached Bart, who spent an hour and a half in the frigid water. Lance held him close before they were rescued.
"I kind of looked and went what if it was my dog, what if I was in the same situation, I would hope somebody would try to do something," said Eicher.
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I love everything about days spent with amazing people doing simple things like enjoying the scenery or a walk along the beach, even just a good chat with a girlfriend is such soul food. This was one of those days. It started with a coffee date and then hosting an event at a beautiful store called Kiss and Make up (stay tuned for behind the scenes on that) and ended with a stroll in West Vancouver and dinner with a good friend. So perfect! This dress I borrowed from my friends closet and am in love with the detailed geometric play with the straps. The straps and cut out single handedly change this dress from simple to night out on the town. The purse is kind of a big deal as well, which is why it gets to be the pop of color in this ensemble, it is made out of 24 karat gold leather! I love the dainty size which makes it perfect for fitting necessities. Phone, Wallet and lip gloss thats really all you need. XOXO happy friday loves! Photos by Aaron Schwartz


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Sarah Palin's eldest daughter, Bristol Palin, proved her right hook is a lot stronger than her foxtrot, when she – and the rest of the Palin clan – allegedly got into a backwoods brawl at a snowmobile party in Anchorage, Alaska, on Sept. 6.
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David Letterman, 66, announced Thursday that he is retiring after more than three decades of making people laugh after their bedtimes.
The funnyman, who began in 1982 on Late Night with David Letterman on NBC before moving to the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, told the audience at Thursday's taping that he will leave next year.
He said he broke the news earlier to CBS CEO Leslie Moonves. "I said, 'Leslie, it's been great, you've been great, and the network has been great, but I'm retiring.'"
Levi Johnston Files Petition for Custody of Son with Bristol Palin
Originally posted 11/08/2013 04:40PM
The father of Bristol Palin's son is seeking at least equal custody.
Levi Johnston filed a petition for custody last month saying he wants 4-year-old Tripp to be in his mother's and father's lives equally.
The couple had agreed in 2010 that Palin would have primary physical custody and the two would share legal custody, according to Thomas Van Flein, Palin's attorney at that time. Johnston was given visitation and had agreed to pay child support.
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On Monday night's Dancing with the Stars, Kelly Monaco cried tears of joy and relief after she completed a dramatic, high-scoring contemporary number with partner Val Chmerkovskiy. Meanwhile, Karina Smirnoff shed tears of a different kind following her hip-hop routine with Apolo Ohno.
Smirnoff, who began crying immediately after the dance, apologized for a mid-performance slip and fall. While the judges praised Ohno for going on with the routine like a "true professional," the pair only earned 34.5 out of 40 points, placing them third from the bottom on the leader board.
At the end of Tuesday night's elimination, did Smirnoff and Ohno kiss the ballroom goodbye, leaving perennial low scorers Kirstie Alley and Bristol Palin safe yet again?
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Paula Abdul joined the judges panel alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba for the night. Naturally, she brought her characteristic good cheer to the ABC show – and she notably awarded one of the season's first perfect 10s to Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd for their Bollywood-themed routine.
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Gilles Marini, a fan favorite and likely finalist on Dancing with the Stars, tells PEOPLE that he was so sure he'd be eliminated after Monday night's show that he needed to fortify himself.
"I opened a $400 bottle of wine," the handsome French-American actor, 36, said on Wednesday. "I didn't even pour it in a glass. I drank it right from the bottle!"
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"Oh, my gosh, I was so robbed!" Trebunskaya, 31, told reporters backstage after she and Lachey, 36, learned their fate. "Are you kidding me? I have an amazing partner. We had so much fun together. I feel robbed of having the fun of working with this person."
Lachey supported his partner's sentiments.
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CHAMPAIGN, ILL. -- Grain farmer Mike Doyle has grown to love the big, spindly wind turbines that rise from his central Illinois prairie.
Their blades, many more than 100 feet, cut the wind with a low, rhythmic whooshing noise. Not too long ago, he admired a rainbow arching over them.
Doyle's a little embarrassed when he describes the scene, but he's sincere. "If that wasn't the most beautiful sight I've ever seen."
The money's not bad either.
Doyle is paid just over $35,000 a month for the seven wind turbines in his soybean and corn fields. Those turbines and thousands others across the Midwest the past few years were part of an unprecedented build-out for the wind-power industry. That expansion is now drastically slowing as financing dries up for many projects because of the global economic crisis. Companies that bankrolled much of the boom -- the insurer AIG (AIG), now-bankrupt financial service company Lehman Brothers and Wachovia Corp. (WB) -- are among the meltdown's biggest losers. "There's definitely a lot of, obviously, upheaval," said Ric O'Connell, a renewable energy consultant with Black & Veatch Corp., an Overland Park, Kan.-based engineering and construction company. "I would definitely think in 2009 there are going to be projects that are going to be delayed." Already some developers are scaling back. Noble Environmental Power, an Essex, Conn.-based developer with projects from Maine to Michigan, Wyoming and Texas, said last month it is cutting back development next year and laying off workers. Florida Power and Light (FPL), another major developer, has said it will slow down in 2009, too. And last month oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens famously delayed his massive Texas wind-farm plans, alternately blaming a lack of financing and declining petroleum prices. The country's wind-power capacity has increased by 500 percent in the past 10 years, to just over 21,000 megawatts, according to the American Wind Industry Association. A one-megawatt wind turbine can generate enough electricity in a year to power up to 300 homes for a year. Even now, there are 86 wind-farm projects under construction around the country, the association said. Fifty-seven are in the windy states in country's midsection from Texas to the Dakotas, Minnesota and Illinois. About 60 percent of the new capacity has been built since the beginning of 2005 and driven by factors ranging from renewable energy to, until recently, high oil and natural gas prices. But the most important of those factors are federal tax credits and state mandates requiring that some power be generated by sources such as wind or the sun. The mandates, which exist in 28 states, are responsible for about two-thirds of the market for wind energy, according to Hans Detweiler, director of state policy for the American Wind Energy Association. And the tax credits generate much of the money to build. Firms like American International Group Inc., Lehman and Wachovia helped finance many projects by taking short-term ownership in exchange for the credits to help offset their own income. Those three were among the biggest investors in the industry. Now, AIG is trying to survive the financial meltdown, Wachovia is being bought by Citigroup (C) and Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy this year before being sold.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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