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Brassy, singing tomboy near Hollywood in the 1930s gets a screen test and is soon thrust into the crazy spotlight of Tinsel Town. Ham-handed soaper intends to paint show business as cool, decadent and uncaring, but director Robert Mulligan is unable to set an appropriate tone, and his bad guys are enigmatic shadies who conspire in whispers. This combined with Natalie Wood's raucous rendering of a 15-year-old results in some problems. Still, the look and atmosphere of the film are really extraordinary, and Christopher Plummer gives off sparks of neurotic heat as the head of the movie studio. Robert Redford is a good screen match for Natalie, although his love-interest role is steeped in the hypothetical; Wood herself runs hot and cold, though she has some very strong early moments. The pacing might've stood some picking up, and the movie is much too long, but it looks stylish and has a lot of talent behind it. **1/2 from ****
This film seems way ahead of it's time, made in 1965 it's one of the
first to show a darker side of Tinsel Town. Natalie Wood plays a tomboy
who's plucked from obscurity and becomes a teen singing star. Her
character is almost immediately jaded by the experience, manipulated by
a studio head and a dubious male heartthrob, played by a stunning
looking Robert Redford. Ruth Gordon once again stands out as the teen
stars' mother. Christopher Plummer is excellent as the smooth studio
head with Roddy McDowall as his cold assistant. Katharine Bard plays
Plummers' wife, and her character is fascinating. She seems to float
and flow when she moves and her character sums up the film's overall
feel. Distant, detached and alien yet seething with anger and
The problem with the film is that it's very dark in tone. That is to say the slick big budget production is overshadowed by a strange menace, highlighting the fact that the studio system was basically a people factory, uncaring and cannibalistic. Audiences at the time must have been very confused, expecting a light, breezy musical. Instead it's a realistic yet stylized downer, reminiscent of Valley of the Dolls, which was yet to come. There's very little genuine romance, sentiment or humor, just a steady flow of odd scenes.
This is one of those movies that many have never heard of, it remains obscure despite it's almost epic appeal. It's certainly worth a look, but just try to nail it down to any specific category.
It's always amazed me that this movie doesn't get more respect--sure it's campy, but the performances are fantastic: Christopher Plummer's speech to Daisy by the pool after she's been abandoned by her new husband (a super young Robert Redford playing a gorgeous pansexual for God's sake--what more could a person ask?) is stunning and Natalie Wood's "The Circus is a wacky world"-induced breakdown in the sound booth is brilliant and scary. Roddy McDowell's killing smile as he says "Good night, Miss Clover." Redford getting away with lines like "Good night, sweet, sad, lonely lady" and a drunken Malora (great name) screaming at Daisy "They say I've got a headache, BUT I'VE GOT A HEARTACHE!!!" The gorgeous black and white promotional video of Daisy singing and bouncing her way through the cardboard galaxies. All incredible stuff--why isn't this on DVD yet? Wake up, Hollywood, and give us this treasure on DVD!
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Depression-era, rags-to-riches story with Natalie Wood as the tomboy-heroine abandoned by her father and living with her eccentric mother in a run-down shack by the seashore. Discovered by a film producer (the darkly sinister Christopher Plummer), Daisy quickly achieves stardom as a musical singing star (a la Judy Garland) but, unable to cope with the sudden fame, she escapes into a romance with matinée idol Robert Redford. Later realizing that Redford is gay and that her studio sees her only as a commodity, a disillusioned Daisy has a nervous breakdown and attempts suicide before finally finding the strength to turn her back on Hollywood. On the face of it, this film (based on a novel by Gavin Lambert) sounds compelling but too many cartoonish situations and characters (particularly Daisy's mother and sister) undermine the story. Natalie Wood, herself, is allowed to overdo the tomboyish nature of Daisy's personality (she's like a female Huck Finn). Christopher Plummer and Robert Redford are both very good, however, and, in supporting roles, Roddy McDowall and Katherine Bard lurk mysteriously in the background (Bard seems to belong in a different film entirely. When she confronts Daisy following Daisy's failed marriage to the matinée idol, it's like Jane Eyre coming face to face with Rodchester's mad wife). A disappointment.
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Daisy Clover is 50 years old when she is 16...This means she has the worries, the stress, and the broken promises of misguided relationships and fraudulent compassion, even before her braces come off... Pressure is a key ingredient to her hassled existence, as well as being lead down the garden path by numerous societal retro bates...This sordid lifestyle makes Daisy a victim of life, and an innocent who can rely on nothing but talent and capitulation...Hollywood is a natural playground for debauchery and ambiguous reactions, Daisy's situation is no exception to the rule!! Her one day marriage is a stilted précis which boggles her precocious emotions...Such a devastating debacle would emotionally disrupt a genuine adult and not just somebody masquerading as one. Neon homosexuality (As displayed by Robert Redford) in the thirties, is a new concept to all Americans .. Hollywood is accustomed to it somewhat, however, this is Daisy's entry into adulthood, which is tantamount to learning how to be a pilot when you are behind the cockpit of a Stealth bomber!!....In a nutshell, Hollywood is a morally impervious society which has thrown Daisy one curve of adversity after the next!! This knifing realization is so overdone that Daisy interprets all of this like it is an amuzing little doggerel, and now it is time to buy another comic book!! This movie is a compelling character portrayal by Natalie Wood, and she effectively illustrates how personal neglect can bring a dressed up teenager to the virtual breaking point!! Daisy's nervous breakdown is what unveils the revelation that she is merely a Hollywood commodity, and as "replaceable as piston rods"... If she suffers from clinical depression permanently, it will simply justify the insurance premiums.. Daisy is slightly oblivious to the fact that she is being reduced to chattel!!! At the end of the movie, Daisy wants to commit suicide, but realizes she doesn't have the time... I was in Kindergarten when this movie was made.. In a callous life lesson sense, so was Daisy!!!
Every time I watch this movie, I am more and more impressed with the range of ability that Natalie Wood exhibits. Terrific job on her part. As for the story itself, what really strikes me about "Inside Daisy Clover" is the countless times that she is alone, confined and boxed in. The entire time that Daisy is trying to break loose and make a noise in the world, she continuously finds herself practically jailed. The little booth where she makes her first records, the tiny shop where she sells star photos, the claustrophobic cabin she shares with "The Dealer," the sound room where she dubs "The Circus Is A Wacky World"--all of these create a sense of suffocation. With Daisy constantly placed in these pressure cookers, you just have to believe that sooner or later she is going to explode!
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After discovering that Natalie Wood was 27 when she made this film, it was somewhat difficult to believe she was only 15. But ignoring her age and concentrating on her acting helped. At times she is campy, but other times she is absolutely stunning. The movie has beautiful scenery and a good story line, but it is quite random in some spots. Though it leaves a lot to be desired as far as credibility is concerned, the acting is outstanding. Natalie does as best as can be expected as an adult playing a teenager. I keep picturing her as Susan in "Miracle on 34th Street." A very young Robert Redford is a treat. He plays handsome homosexual actor Wade Lewis and you cannot help but fall in love with him just as Natalie's character Daisy Clover does. Roddy MacDowell's role gets quite annoying after awhile but it is still funny. And Christopher Plummer is absolutely incredible as movie producer Raymond Swan. He is simultaneously creepy and fascinating. I could not take my eyes off of him for a moment. There are four good scenes in the movie. 1.) Daisy and Wade meeting for the first time in the white bedroom with the waterfall. 2.) Melora's drunken outrage over Wade's abandoning Daisy. 3.) Raymond's poolside lecture to Daisy. 4.) Raymond's love/hate lecture when he visits Daisy at her beach house. This movie is worth watching for its ability to keep your attention even though it is slow and overdramatic. The ending keeps you guessing as to what happens to Daisy afterwards.
Almost everything about this film ... from the casting and acting, to
the plot, to the musical numbers, to the costumes and hairstyles ...
seems fake.
Natalie Wood, 27 years old, plays 15-year old Daisy Clover, a spunky tomboy/brat/beach bum extraordinaire. Daisy, who lives with her eccentric elderly mom, played by Ruth Gordon, in a shabby wooden trailer near the beach in Southern California, has Hollywood stars in her eyes. And when Raymond Swan (Christopher Plummer), head of The Swan Studio comes calling, Daisy jumps at the chance to be a movie star.
She leaves her mom and lets Swan remake her into America's ideal of a teenage girl. In effect, Swan Studio is Daisy's image maker. Even though surrounded by cold-blooded snakes in the movie business, Daisy is such a brat that she doesn't elicit much sympathy from me. But then I found little interest in any of the characters.
With the exception of Daisy's mom, the characters lack depth of emotion. Maybe that's the point ... Hollywood is filled with emotionally empty people. They're all image, no substance.
Set in the 1930s, the film has visuals that look straight out of the 1960s, especially relative to hairstyles and costumes. The musical numbers, though well executed, trend toward upbeat, bubble gum optimism, which is inconsistent with the film's overall thematic cynicism. I know what they're driving at with these musical numbers. But the abrupt tonal shift is jarring.
Perhaps the worst element of this film is Natalie Wood's performance. She seriously overacts. It's a performance not unlike that of Patty Duke, in "Valley Of The Dolls" (1967).
"Inside Daisy Clover" is filmed in color. It would have been more realistic had it been filmed in 1930s B&W. And the cinematography projects an annoying wide screen image.
The only thing I liked about this film is the presence of the always interesting, and unique, Ruth Gordon. Otherwise, this film is forgettable.
Inside Daisy Clover is not just any movie about a wanna-be-star that has her dream come true and in the process witnesses the changes and corruption that bring her to the top. It is a movie about the movie industry itself. Actually it is the BEST movie that Hollywood has ever made about itself. Natalie Wood stars as the 15-year-old child star and manages to pull it through. She is a lot older and we all know, but there are times when just a look or a smile of hers can be nothing but as close to childhood as an adult actress could ever get. On the other hand we have Robert Redford, the young careless and unsteady lover that lifts everyone he meets to the sky and then dumps them to the ground leaving in his passage something more than pain: the realization that what is inevitable will happen and we all know it from the beginning. Somehow we wish it were different but it isn't and the end offers the only solution that could close such a movie without destroying its unique feeling. Redford's role is undoubtedly the greatest of his career. He is so young, strong and handsome that no one can resist him. And yet, there is a lot more hidden beneath his nice facade than anyone could ever think possible. Somehow he is a tortured character that finds content in hurting others but still he does it in such a way that you can't but admire him. Even the most fanatic feminist can try to persuade me he isn't the most charming - and at the same time cryptic - character even written for the big screen but the truth remains the same: like Michael Caine in Alfie we'd love to hate him but we can't! I must say the end is not exactly as dark as I would have expected it given the fact that we all know Daisy's path goes only downhill from the moment she meets Wade (Redford) but the queer thing (and what makes it a little unbelievable and lame) is that she manages to survive in such a random way that even the viewer wouldn't want her to. But that's the beauty of it all!
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There are many films out there which depict Hollywood "from the
inside". This one falls somewhere in the lower-middle of the pack.
I first saw "Inside Daisy Clover" on TV as a teenager (around Daisy's age), and thought it was great. I waited years to see it again. Now that I've seen it as an adult, I feel the same way about it as I did when I saw the show "Lost in Space" as an adult. Both are utterly cheesy - and not a nice, ripened Brie, but more like Kraft's "Easy Cheese" in a spray can.
As a teenager, I wasn't really convinced about Natalie Wood as a teenager in this film. Her attempts to come off as what we'd call "street smart" today, look silly. Tommy Bond as "Butch" in the "Our Gang" shorts did it more convincingly! Still, I am a Natalie Wood fan, and for the most part, she was OK in this film - she did a great job in the musical sequences (my least favourite parts, I'll admit. This time, I was able to fast forward through some of them). I know she didn't do all of her own singing - I was referring to the physical performances in those scenes when I said she did a great job.
I enjoyed the dubbing scenes, where Daisy was essentially trapped in the iso booth while being forced to sing along to her happy, smiling self on-screen in front of her. And she had to do so at the behest of her lover, the producer, in spite of her mother's very recent death! Watching Daisy unravel as the film's count-in would beep, beep, beep, beep, over and over again, was creepy.
There have been a number of comments about Natalie's age relative to the character's age, but no one seems to have mentioned Ruth Gordon in that context.
While watching the film again tonight, I wondered if Daisy was a post-menopausal baby, as Ruth Gordon was nearly 70 when the film was made - 70 with a 15 year old child! And the sister Gloria - she looked to be in her mid 30s at least! Who did the casting on this film? And were they employed for another film? I don't know why they even bothered to go with the story being set in 1936 - perhaps because that kind of "musical star" didn't exist in the Vietnam era? They may have opted for "modern" styles perhaps, because young people would not have wanted to see a film that was set in the 1930s? While watching the film, it occurred to me that the only things that would make it a period film seem to be the cars, and the kitchen in the beach house, for the most part. Why didn't they simply make the film set in 1965, about an actress? I didn't realise that Ruth Gordon was nominated for this film. I think that by then, she had that character down-pat. She seemed to play it in so many films. Whenever her name was listed in a cast, I expected to see a wacky, eccentric grandmotherly type in the cast, and was never disappointed.
Christopher Plummer was fantastic, as always. He was a perfect mix of smarmy charm with menacing undertones. He is good at playing someone who can say, "Your mother is dead" and follow that up almost immediately with "Smile. Smile bigger... Smile BIGGER...." Robert Redford did a great job as the charming, self-absorbed, alcoholic, bi-sexual "heart throb". If I heard him use the phrase "Dear Heart" once more, though, I would've taken a page out of Daisy's book and stuck MY head in the oven (even though my oven's electric!).
Why was Roddy McDowall in this film at all? He didn't get to show off any of his great talents. Surely an unknown would've worked cheaper? It seemed to be hinted at that there was, or had been, something between his and Robert Redford's characters. I couldn't help feeling that perhaps some of his scenes were left out of the finished film.
Anyway, to sum up, this isn't a horrible film. It's worth a look, if there's nothing better on!
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Out of all Asian nations, Malaysia has the dubious honor of collecting the most negative headlines on Gay Star News in the last 12 months. From plans to set up 'rehabilitation' centers for gay people, to the Prime Minister decrying 'deviant aspects', to the laughable, if it weren't so damaging for the children involved, 'gay guidelines' endorsed by the Education Ministry.
A visit to the country gives us the chance to meet the activists on the ground and find out what life is really like for LGBT people in the racially diverse, majority Muslim country.
We meet Jerome Kugan, co-founder of Seksualiti Merdeka sexualities rights festival, which was banned by the government in 2011, and ask him to give us the word from the frontline of LGBT rights activism in Malaysia.
How does the public homophobia from the government affect gay people in Malaysia? Does it mean that everyone has to live a closeted life? Or is there a thriving scene despite all of these comments?
I think the scene has been thriving since the 90s. And that hasn't really stopped, the nightclubs, the saunas, they are still happening. I think Malaysia has some of the most online gay chat users in the world.
But of course public acceptance and coming out is still a huge issue for a lot of Malaysians. And most people prefer to live in the closet, especially at home with their parents, especially for Muslims.
A lot of the gay Malay are afraid. If you work in the entertainment industry, you know who's gay. Some of them are even flamboyant on TV, but they will never come out. They even enter into marriages and have kids - but we know they're gay because we see them out in the clubs.
How does the culture of Malaysia affect LGBT life here?
Malaysia is made-up of three main races. Malay make-up the majority, the Chinese and the Indian, who are migrants from the turn of the 20th century. They came here before the war. A lot of them are third or fourth generation now.
And even though there's a lot of mixing culturally, the different races are still quite segregated. So you go to different neighborhoods in Kuala Lumpur and one neighborhood is just Malay, one is just Chinese and one is just Indian. You still have that segregation - even though they've been here for decades.
And I think that has influenced a lot of the life here. Including gay and lesbian and trans life. We're divided. The gay Malays stick to their own group. The gay Chinese stick to their own group. Not just that, but the Malay lesbians will stick to their own group and the Chinese lesbians stick to their own group.
It's even more fragmented than another country where people all speak the same language, because we also all speak different languages.
Does that make it difficult to make progress?
It's hard to organize. As an activist you always wonder if you are reaching out to the right people. We have to decide whether to translate our publicity materials. And then we worry that if we translate it, will the religious authorities find out about it.
So one of the strategies we have for addressing LGBT rights in this country, is to do it all in English. We're exploiting a weakness within religious authorities and government departments, because they conduct most of their communications in Malay. So when they come across English stuff sometimes they can't even read it or understand it.
The government is made up of majority Malay people. It's actually written into the constitution like that. So that indigenous people, which includes Malay and all the other indigenous people, they have special privileges. They get most of the civil servant jobs, they get given most of the government loans and government housing and all that stuff.
How does Islam affect people here?
If you're born a Malay in this country, you're automatically Muslim. You have no choice. And then you are subject to sharia law. We have two systems of law in this country: civil law and sharia law. The sharia laws are different in each state.
Sharia laws ban homosexuality - for men for women - and there's a law used against transgender women which bans 'impersonating a woman'.
In the civil code we still have a colonial era law that criminalizes sodomy - a law that's been used twice against the leader of the opposition Anwar Ibrahim in a smear campaign.
What's the history of Seksualiti Merdeka?
We are a loose coalition of individuals and organizations and basically it's a sexuality rights festival. We did it for the first time in 2008. It was centered around the Annexe art gallery in Kuala Lumpur.
Pang Khee Teik and I are the co-founders. We invited academics, activists, artists, performers. Through that we managed to create a network of people who are interested in the issues and want to do something about it.
We found out through doing Seksualiti Merdeka that a lot of people have been wanting to start an LGBT rights movement in this country. But it's a very daunting task.
In 2011 we got banned by the government. We think it's because we invited Ambiga Sreenevasan to officiate at the launch. Ambiga is hated by the government because she is the leader of this movement called Bersih, meaning clean in Malay. It's a movement that's calling for free and fair elections, because the elections in this country are so corrupt.
We invited Ambiga because we felt she could reach out to a wider public who believe in the human rights cause. The government then did a smear campaign about Ambiga and the leader of the opposition Anwar Ibrahim tying them to Seksualiti Merdeka and spreading the mis-information that it is a sexy orgy party - which is not what it is!
When they shut us down we never got served court orders, they called us, they just turned up to the event with 30 police officers.
Why did you decide not to try to hold a Seksualiti Merdeka in 2012?
We're just waiting for the election to be over. The Prime Minister needs to call an election before the 8 March. At the moment the government are looking for any opportunity to create a media storm. And we don't want to give them that. So our strategy is to lay low for a while.
We don't want to give the government more fuel in their anti-gay rhetoric. The government own the mainstream media and they can just spin it any way they want. How the mainstream media described the ban of Seksualiti Merdeka in 2011 was terrible misinformation.
But after the election, then it's time to have another festival.
In the meantime are you doing any other LGBT rights activism?
We're doing some fundraising for Justice for Sisters, the main aim is to raise funds to finance legal case for trans women.
And I run Rainbow Rojak but that's basically just a social community night. What's different about it from the other gay parties is that we are self-consciously queer, we're slightly more political.
How is the gay party scene in KL?
The oldest club is Blue Boy - it's been there since the 80s. There's also Marketplace - but it's only really happening on Saturday nights. There's Frangipani on Friday nights. Those are the main ones. There's also one that caters to bears. The Indian community have house parties but I have no idea where. It's very underground. I think Malay parties also happen but it's also underground.
The trans community have pageant events. There are drag shows in town.
There are things happening. And you can find within the independent art scene a few people doing stuff here and there.
What the international community do to help LGBT people in Malaysia?
First of all we need money. Funds to help built networks in the country. Even Seksualiti Merdeka doesn't have money. We don't have an office, we don't have staff, we're all volunteers. And it's hard to do all the things we want to do. Volunteer power's just not sustainable. So we need to find a way around that.
The other thing is media coverage, international media coverage about what's happening on the ground here. I think more people need to know. And not just Malaysia but the whole southeast Asian region. There's things happening here that are mind-boggling. There's violence happening but it doesn't get reported because there's a media silence.
The Malaysian media get memos from the Home Ministry telling them to bury positive news about LGBT people. Negative reports appear on the front page or the first few pages. Positive reports on the 8th or 9th page or not at all.
Keep in touch with Seksualiti Merdeka on their blog.


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By voting overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to scrap term limits for all elected officials, the people of Venezuela have demonstrated their support for the leadership and vision of President Hugo Chavez and his Bolivarian movement. Far from being a move to become "President for life," as his opponents claimed, Mr. Chavez's proposal aimed at nothing more radical than bringing Venezuela in line with democratic practice in most parts of the world. Term limits arguably represent an arbitrary restriction on the principle of democratic choice. As U.S. President Barack Obama famously observed last year, "I believe in one form of term limits. They're called elections." Thanks to the February 15 referendum result, the Venezuelan leader, who has already won two presidential terms and survived a recall vote by the opposition as well as an attempted coup d'etat, will now be eligible to run for office again in 2012. And the fact that 54 per cent of the electorate decided to give him the right to contest those elections suggests that most Venezuelans would like him to continue the project of social transformation he started in 1999.
Vilified by Washington and derided by Western observers as "populist," Mr. Chavez's policies have achieved something many liberal economists thought was impossible: a combination of high economic growth and a more equitable sharing of the benefits, including unprecedented acts of economic solidarity with poorer countries in the region. The key to Venezuela's growth-with-equity model is not its oil but the manner in which the state has gone about utilising the wealth generated by the export of crude. Indeed, the growth rate has spurted to 13 per cent ever since the government wrested back control of the national oil company, PDVSA, from its pro-opposition management in 2003. Oil revenues have been poured into innovative literacy, public health, and poverty reduction programmes. Though the government's ability to fund its welfare programmes will be hit by the sharp decline in world oil prices, the fact that most of the past decade's growth has been in the non-oil sector provides some protection from the global recession. The reason the U.S. has so bitterly opposed Mr. Chavez and his project is that Venezuela provides a vibrant alternative to the failed economic policies Washington promoted in Latin America for over three decades. The U.S. is welcome to disagree with the Venezuelan leader. But now that he has demonstrated yet again the enthusiastic backing of the people, Mr. Chavez has every right to expect that his democratic mandate is respected.


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FC Barcelona will be barred from signing players until January 2016 after FIFA rejected an appeal against their transfer ban, imposed in relation 'to the protection of minors.'
The news that they are banned from the next two transfer windows will be a massive blow for the Catalan club as they look to compete against domestic rivals Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid for the La Liga title and on the European stage too. FIFA imposed a 14 month ban on Barcelona in April this year after the club were found to have breached rules on the signing of international players under the age of 18.
However, the ban was suspended pending the appeal. During that time, the 3-time European Champions managed to sign Luis Suarez in from Liverpool for a fee of £75m. They have also signed Ivan Rakitic from Sevilla for £14million Claudio Bravo from Real Sociedad for £9.5million, Jeremy Mathieu from Valencia for £15.8million and Thomas Vermaelen from Arsenal for £15million. Despite having made an outlay in the region of £115m this summer following their failure to land a single trophy last season, the Catalan club may be keen to do more business in the final few days of the current transfer window before the ban comes into action.
A statement from FIFA on Wednesday read, "The FIFA appeal committee has decided to reject the appeals lodged by Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF) and to confirm in their entirety the decisions rendered by the FIFA disciplinary committee in the respective cases relating to the protection of minors."


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NAIROBI — Last year's record shrinkage of Arctic sea ice and a spell of catastrophic droughts, floods and storms highlight the risk to the planet from climate change, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said on Monday.
In an annual review of the world's environment coinciding with ministerial-level talks in Nairobi, UNEP also warned of an alarming surge in elephant and rhino poaching.
In 2012, summer sea ice in the Arctic covered a record low area of 3.4 million square kilometers (1.31 million square miles), which was 18 percent below the previous recorded minimum in 2007, and 50 percent below the average in the 1980s and 1990s, UNEP said.
Land ice in Greenland also showed signs of melting and permafrost in high latitudes was in retreat, it said.
"Changing environmental conditions in the Arctic, often considered a bellwether for global climate change, have been an issue of concern for some time, but as of yet this awareness has not translated into urgent action," UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said.
He pointed to a rush to extract the oil and gas in the Arctic's seabed as the ice retreats and cautioned that the outcome could be even greater emissions of greenhouse gases.
"What we are seeing is that the melting of ice is prompting a rush for exactly the fossil-fuel resources that fuelled the melt in the first place," said Steiner.
"The rush to exploit these vast untapped reserves has consequences that must be carefully thought through by countries everywhere, given the global impacts and issues at stake."
The report — the UNEP 2013 Year Book — also noted a string of weather disasters, of which the United States bore the brunt, including its worst drought in decades as well as Hurricane Sandy, which flooded parts of New York City and the coastline of New Jersey.
"Extreme weather events… in 2012 draw attention to the need to prepare for and make efforts to prevent heavy losses" as a result of climate change, it said.
It quoted previously published estimates that Sandy will cost the insurance business between $20 and $25 billion, and building new flood defences to protect the city could cost $20 billion or more.
But these figures could rise, UNEP said.
The report also sounded the alarm over poaching.
"The number of elephants killed in 2011 likely ran into the tens of thousands, and early indications suggest that the same happened again in 2012," it said.
"A record 688 rhinos were poached in South Africa in that year, driving this species further towards extinction."
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Of course, if you wanted to fix PNGs for the entire page, you can just apply it to the body element. For all sorts of reasons, it's better to be specific if you can.
This can be safely reapplied after importing a chunk of HTML via an Ajax request (something I end up doing a lot), and it uses jQuery's browser detection to only apply it to the appropriate versions of IE, so it's safe to deploy for everything, or to include inside some Conditional Comments as you prefer.
As always, the script requires the path to a transparent GIF shim image. By default, and almost by tradition with this script, that's x.gif, but you can specify any image you like:
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Biologists know that whale songs, which may carry for hundreds of miles, change over time and are passed on from one generation to the next, but they don't fully understand what these complex sounds are for. Philosopher and musician Rothenberg (Why Birds Sing ) proposes that music played by humans can help us find answers. He tested this theory by playing his clarinet into an underwater speaker and recording the whales' responses on an underwater hydrophone. His intriguing book includes sonograms and a CD demonstrating that the orcas, belugas and humpbacks he played for seemed to interact with his music. He also includes much information about whales and accounts of attempts to discover rhythm, shape and form in their songs; colorful descriptions of the whale scientists he has worked with; and a chapter on composers who have incorporated whale songs in their pieces. As Rothenberg points out, it was a recording of whale songs in the 1970s that led to the whale conservation movement. His paean to the beautiful music these great mammals make should lend further support to attempts to save the whales at a time when they are increasingly threatened. Illus. and CD. (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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Differentiated Instruction Allows Students to Succeed
One of the hardest things for a teacher to do is to treat students differently. It goes against our very nature. We are programmed to treat each child the same as we would treat any other child. No child deserves special privilege, nor does any child deserve less attention -- regardless of race, gender or academic ability.
It grates on our nerves when that know-it-all student who always sits in the front row always demands time to show off. It frustrates us to no end when the student in the back of the class makes rude noises and refuses to stay on task.
Making Decisions
Which students miss out most? It is the student in the middle who doesn't cause problems, who obeys, conforms, and never demands attention. We rarely give her the time of day in our race to take care of the extremes.
I had one of those students in my classroom. He was in my intermediate Spanish class and always sat in the middle. He never said a lot, and he did his work quietly. He wasn't the best in the classroom, and he wasn't the worst. I remember that he did struggle with rolling his rs. One day, he didn't come to class, and we got word that he had committed suicide. Not that I could have done anything to prevent this, but you always have the nagging doubt that perhaps you could have made a difference. In that moment, I vowed to never assume the quiet ones were OK.
Yet even with that, we are pressured to give the students with more needs more attention than those students who have less needs. The largest conflict about differentiated instruction boils up inside of us when we try to assign a grade to that differentiated instruction.
How can we justifiably give the students the same grade when the quality, quantity, or content of the performance is different? I have yet to read a truly compelling argument to answer that question. Most people mumble something about grades being a relative measure of student performance and designed for communication of progress only.
So, this is my attempt to make sense of this dilemma and perhaps calm a few nervous hearts in the process. In my prior post, I discussed the idea of intrinsic differentiation and the role of active learning and active teaching. Now, I want to discuss designed differentiation a bit.
Meeting Students Where They Are
Designed differentiation is the deliberate act of modifying instruction or an assignment in order to customize the effect to match the particular developmental level and skills of a student or group of students. The ideal is to provide equivalent learning activities that cater to the students' strengths but bring all of the students to the same learning objective. On one end of the spectrum is the one-size-fits-all learning activity, while on the other end is the completely individualized learning plan for each student. Although I believe it is time for the latter, realism demands that teachers deal with something that hovers around the middle of the continuum.
The best teachers throughout time have always found ways to reach individual students. Teachers today are no different. We have all sorts of designed differentiation strategies that help teachers offer variety and choice to students of different skills and needs. We can
- vary the length or quantity of the assignment.
- extend or curtail the duration of the assignment.
- change the language of the assignment.
- scaffold the learning activity from hard to medium to easy.
- compact the activity and teach only what they don't know.
- give them learning activities that let them perform the same learning objective with multiple mediums like summarizing a story they have read through narrative, drama, song, poetry, art, or design.
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There is also a strong movement of simply allowing students to work at their own pace through computer-aided instruction, or SRA-type curriculum. There is one more type of designed differentiation method I believe is underutilized -- the rough draft.
When a student is given a learning assignment to turn in, is it really a learning assignment if they have only one chance at meeting the mastery-level standard? Clearly identified standards of performance are necessary to make this work, but when a student submits a substandard piece of work, rather than assign a grade immediately, we can provide personalized, individual feedback to that student, which includes providing suggestions for improvement and giving it back to the student for revision.
Is there a limit to the number of times this can be done to help a student overcome a particular learning obstacle? Some students might be able to do it right the first time, while others need several revisions. This strategy is the ultimate in designed differentiation.
Typically, we see this kind of opportunity only in English and social studies classes. Why not math and science? After all, if the student eventually gets the concept, isn't that what counts? The thing I like about this approach is that no student is left out -- not even the quiet, no-problem kids.
What are your successes with designed differentiation? What are your challenges? Please share your thoughts.
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Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.
We are on the same team. Differentiation should be something that no teacher has to think about, it should come naturally.
I am glad that you feel that you are one of those natural teachers that do not need to learn from other ideas or ways of thinking. I admire your passion about good teaching and encourage you to not lash out at your students as you lashed out at me.
As you continue reading, you will see that "Political Correctness" is not one of my strong suites and I believe that teachers feel all sorts of emotions about their students and their behaviors. Some deal with those emotions effectively, while other teachers struggle...
I welcome you to keep reading my posts and the comments of other fellow teachers and responding to them in encouraging ways.
Ben Johnson
San Antonio,TX
Unfortunately, those quiet kids and the sometimes unknown gifted kids, are the ones that suffer the most because of the prevalent attitude that they can "handle it on their own." There are some kids that if you give them a book and throw them in a closet, they will learn. Just imagine what they could do if you inspired them and helped them! The problem with differentiation is the increasing gap between high achievers and low achievers. That is where the teachers have to get creative--together.
Ben Johnson
San Antonio, TX
Thank you so much for your energetic responses. It is laudable that you, after having such a negative experience in school have decided to become a teacher, assuredly to provide a better experience for your students than what you received.
As you alluded, in your earlier post, because of your many years of teaching time, you teach upper level students who have been socialized by the system and who are in and of themselves a homogeneous group of "smart" students, while far less experienced teachers are left to deal with the "stupid" kids who do not take AP classes. You might want to change grade levels and apply some of the wonderful teaching practices you have been espousing in your posts, in order to save students from being "differently abled."
Best regards,
Ben Johnson
San Antonio, TX
For an educational concept like Differentiated Instruction to have gained such devotion, I find it ironic as to how difficult it has been for its prophets to give a definitive explanation as to what it is. This new progressive panacea is an enigma and thats part of the problem. Like some other innovations,(individualized instruction, outcome based learning, project based learning), D. I. threatens to undermine what research and experience suggests about good teaching and learning. I critique D. I. not because it doesn't make a positive contribution to instruction, but instead of being one of many classroom strategies that research says can promote good instruction, D. I. adherents have inadvertently or consciously made it an end in itself and the consequences are disturbing. To understand my concern about D. I. one has to review what the research says about what makes for good instruction. 1. teacher-led whole class, subject centered instructional lessons with a beginning , middle and an end ( I didn't say teacher centered). 2. the objective, essential question, goal of the lesson is clearly stated and displayed. 3. modeling and step by step demonstration of new skills is essential. 4. short practice opportunities combined with "checks for understanding. 5. Giving students an understanding of rubrics using exemplars to encourage self-assessment. 6.The focus of the classroom must be on reading- writing- and dialectical/ seminar student-centered discussion. (This is a central point made by Mike Schmoker in his book Results Now). The problem with D. I. is that it is becoming an end in itself and the result is that D. I. is interfering with sound research based instruction by diluting it with what Schmoker calls "stuff" or the "crayola curriculum". As we differentiate/individualize our classrooms they start to look more like arts and crafts fairs. Rather than cohesive lessons being taught, we see students doing dioramas, an illustrated map, a book jacket, a movie poster, a 3-D mobile and a lot of group learning. By the way, research (Ford and Opitz), conclude that students receive less benefit from small group work than in the traditional whole-class model. ( By the way, I emailed Mike Schmoker about my concerns about D. I. I told him that I felt that D. I. was becoming the new "crayola curriculum". His response was total agreement with my assessment of D.I ) While it may be unfair to blame D. I. for some of what Schmoker says are meaningless activities, there is little doubt in my mind that an obssession with D. I. is diluting what research says is good classroom instruction. On a similar note, as we discuss the merits of individualized/differentiated instruction and acknowledge that students are individuals who do learn in different ways, I cannot help but be reminded of Mortimer Adler's, (Founder of Great Books), statement from his Paideia Proposal (1982) "Despite their manifold individual differences, the children are all the same in their human nature".
As the father of five school-age children, and as the CEO of an Internet education company, I am reminded daily that each child is special and each one learns differently. Recently, we commissioned a study - our 3rd annual "Schools & Generation Net" survey http://marketing.nettrekker.com/2008/survey_results.pdf. The headline from the findings was that educators want web solutions to avoid traditional cookie cutter instruction. I expected the result that showed 80% of educators expressing a need for resources that enabled differentiated instruction. However, what made me sit up (and put down my iPhone) was the overwhelming majority (85%) that looked to the Web as a solution - and even more telling, the 60% of educators that agreed that their districts should invest more in digital resources, shifting dollars away from print materials.
Randy Wilhelm
Dad and CEO
Thinkronize, Inc.
I definitely agree that each student should be treated as an individual, just because a student is not the "Know-it-all" of the classroom or the noisy kid in the back who is always off task means he or she needs less attention. It might be hard for a teacher to deal with all these different types of behaviors at the same time, but teachers can always make a difference in a student's life. I truly believe in differentiated instruction, I think most students are likely to succeed when having a teacher with the ability to reach each of their individual needs.
Your thoughtful comments are a breath of fresh air.
You have pinpointed the problem of education for the last 40 years. We have been constantly seeking some whiz-bang solution to education. Differentiation is not the solution for education. It is simply one of many tools to help teachers keep all the balls in the air as they juggle their duties and desires in instruction.
Dr. Schmoker, in Results Now, nails the problem to the wall with out actually stating it outright. He lays the responsibility directly at the feet of the forces that maintain the status quo- the bureaucratic system of isolation and the union demand for equality. I find it amazing that teachers have not raised a rebellion against him or the afore-mentioned systems. Dr. Schmoker basically slaps the teachers in the face and says they have not been doing their jobs and the problem would be resolved if they just taught how they know how to teach best, quit whining and had the students discuss, read and write more vigorously.
If you notice in my post, I chose to focus on a strategy that really is just plain good teaching--something that all students could use, and something that every teacher could use. I shy away from arts and crafts options to academic learning because there is no way it can be equivalent. I don't have a problem with tiered instruction, but I believe the grading should be tiered also (ie they can still get an A but for less points if they choose an easier assignment).
You are not the first to notice that DI gung-ho teachers and administrators have gone overboard with the crayola curriculum. The Queen of DI and the King of curriculum's Understanding by Design, Carol Ann Tomlinson, and Jay McTighe have written a book to combat that specific problem: Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design. I think they are headed in the right direction, though their argument breaks down when they discuss grading--ie how do you guarantee that the differentiated learning activities are equivalent when measured on the same academic standards.
For the Learning Cycle that you propose, Madeline Hunter would be proud of you. Yet how many teachers still do not follow this or any other proven teaching system? The easy thing to do, is what they do. Let the textbook do the teaching.
Anyway, thanks for you comments.
Ben Johnson
San Antonio, TX
Although I have limited experience teaching, I think differentiated instruction helps a lot to have better students. However, for putting in practice this sort of teaching we need a lot of energy and time. Time is the greatest obstacle to overcome to succeed on this. Since each student is different, we have to employ different strategies and therefore different amount of time to help them in school. Another challenge one must face is the size of the class one has. Classes with fewer students help us a lot to do our jobs better. On the other hand, sometimes is better to work in group rather than individually for the learning activities. Doing mixed groups based on knowledge helps and makes more interesting the topics to study. In this way the less talented students can learn and be help by the most talented, and all can have the opportunity to learn. I have seen talented students that are willing to help to his classmates and it also depends on the teachers to encourage them to do it. In summary, I agree with your point of view in this respect, but I must add that it is impossible to get to all our students in the way we want.
I disagree about not being able to get to all our students in the way we want. I had a very diverse class once with students who barely passed the 2nd grade starndardized test to enter 3rd grade all the way up to gifted. I you are organized and you use the tools and resources that are already provided to you with the textbooks you can meet the needs of all your students. Does it take time? Yes, it does. Is it worth it? Yest it is, once you see how much the students enjoy getting their folders with their work in it, my students always looked forward to what new activity they had to do. I found with the low students that it helped their self esteem because they were able to accomplish the work and not feel left behind because they could not do the work the other students were given.
I agree with much of what you said, particularly the piece about different types of students being nuisances in the classroom. For me, it's all expected and we all have to work with it.
You seem to align "differentiation" with "tracking" and the entire string, I believe, deals with very specific ideas of what "working with different students" means. We seem to be dealing with "academic skill level" and "behavior"... there are other necessities which call on differentiation (not tracking... since there is actually a technical difference which will become apparent as I continue)... these include Learning Styles... No, I'm not using this phrase as a guise for something else... it is what it is... we all process the world differently and it is our task as educators to provide students with the optimal mode of work, process, and result that their specific learning style can internalize... all this is in motion in order for the students to build self-awareness around their needs, an ability to advocate for themselves, and to build a skill set around personalizing the world around us in order to better navigate through it. All of these things are aimed at helping the student build for themselves skills that they will use throughout their lives, in the "real world", and not just for the purpose of passing the proficiency test, state standards, or No Child Left Behind requisites... all of which have less to do with individualized, personalized, education for social mobility, and more to do with who has proven their abilities in rote memory and who deserves money based on that.
So, if Tracking is about academic skill levels and grouping students accordingly, differentiation is about finding out the best way for a student to learn, and then allowing them to express their learning in multiple ways that all indicate the same high level of understanding.
You're right about tracking lowering the standards for some... you're wrong about differentiation: it's about increasing the standards and providing multiple, equally accurate ways of expressing understanding in an inclusive, democratic way.
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Long regarded as the pole stars of the hip-hip galaxy, the Big Apple and the City of Angels come together on NY NY LA LA, the latest single off Lil Mama's forthcoming sophomore album. Over an appropriately region-bridging instrumental by Killah Beatz, the Brooklyn femcee and former Jive signee showcases her hardest mic game (no Lip Gloss-poppin' here), while guest emcee Snoop Dogg carries the torch for the Left. Mama's second album has yet to receive either a title or a solid release date but, if this joint's piqued your interest, you can stay tuned for the latest details.
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Residing in the heart of the Lower Garden District, this historic Greek Revival townhouse built in 1855 and located on Famous Magazine Street is easy walking distance to award-winning restaurants, famous antique shopping, The National WWII Museum, Coliseum Square Park and the New Second Line Movie Studios. The St. Charles Streetcar line the Convention Center are just a few blocks away. Less than 5 min to the French Quarter.
Beautiful antique furnished two floor historic apartment feels more like a private home . New renovation owned and decorated by published designer. Apartment was built as the owners apartment so it is and furnished at a much higher level than any regular rental. Comprising the second and third floors of the house (1,200 sq ft.), it is luxuriously large. Historic architectural features including 12 ft ceilings, decorative elements, iron balcony on Magazine, large doors, floor to ceiling windows, exposed brick, wood long plank floors. Custom designed open kitchen with Viking cooktop, Monogram fridge, whisper dishwasher, two beautiful designer baths with river rock floors downstairs , 2nd floor master suite is loft like with roman plunge tub and separate limestone shower, 44' Plasma, blu-ray. Luxury historic and modern features incorporated throughout. Decorated with a combination of excellent period French and American antiques, original artwork and modern design pieces.
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We had such a lovely time in your apartment - it is so nicely designed…and such fun spending time in. It was a great week for our family. Thanks so very much for letting us have the whole place. PS We enjoyed the tour!
I could not have envisioned such a lovely property for our first trip together to New Orleans. I'd looked at hotels and other rentals but none seemed to have the charm nor character of this place. The pictures definitely do not do it justice! We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and I've been telling everyone I know about it. The owner made some spot on recommendations for coffee and dining which certainly added to the enjoyment of our trip. The only recommendation I might suggest to fellow travelers who are also light sleepers is to bring some medicine to help you sleep. Since the property is on a popular street, the occasional siren or bus driving by and people talking as they walked down the sidewalk woke us occasionally. Please hear me say this: when doing an overall assessment, that minor detail would not deter me from returning. The bed was comfy, the bathrooms were quaint and the flat-screen tv with built-in dvd player provided us a nice way to unwind on our last night. We will definitely be back!
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This was my second time staying here and it's a great place and great location for amazing food, shops, and sightseeing. I highly recommend it. It has everything you need to feel like your "home away from home". Thanks for everything!
We absolutely loved it. The location is ideal. We found unique shops and restaurants within walking distance - anything on Magazine St. and short stroll to St. Charles trolley - no driving necessary. The apartment was an excellent home-base. I highly recommend.
Must agree with the previous reviewers that upon initial observation the location looked a bit sketchy. I assure you it is NOT. What a perfect location: easy walk to many Magazine St. restaurants, up to St. Charles, and over to the WW2/Warehouse area. We never used our car the entire week. We loved the overall feel and decor of the place. All advertised elements were right on; the townhouse was very charming. We did have some trouble getting the oven to work conistently and had a minor bathroom sink leak (which was easy enough to fix ourselves, no big deal). We never saw or heard from owner, but check in and out had been communicated adequately. We would recommend this townhouse to our friends who are familar with the city.
Came for my daughter's birthday. We absolutely loved it. The location is perfect, felt like a local. Really nice shops and restaurants within walking distance..very clean ane the owners were very accomadating and helpful. Wish I was there now.
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I was in the black hills just last week for the Black Hills 100. My wife went running the race on Saturday and I went and rented a harley sportster and rode through the black hills. I was really dreaming about having either my XT-225 or my Burgy 400 out there. Such awesome roads and such friendly people. The Harley did the job and was nice.
Once we got there, I was disappointed that we didn't have more time. Had I known, we wouldn't have dawdled so much in Yellowstone. We stayed in Belle Fourche and then Hill City, left our baggage in the motel and toured over some awesome roads. We never got to the Badlands, so we'll have to go back.
Very briefly, we went south from Calgary through Great Falls, then through the Little Belt Mountains and Bridger Range to Bozeman, via West Yellowstone to Cooke City, Red Lodge, Jackson and Cody. We saw all the sights and road all the roads. There were too many tourists in Yellowstone. They pose a menace, double-parked in the middle of the highway taking pictures of whatever it is up the hill.
Anyway, then east through Lovell and over the Bighorns to Sheridan, then next day up along the Little Bighorn to where Custer met his fate before we headed down US 212 to Belle Fourche. Then we saw Devil's Tower and went down to Newcastle before coming back via Spearfish Canyon and the next day we moved to Hill City, dumped our stuff in a motel and did the obligatory stop at Mt.Rushmore before heading down to Custer on the Sylvan Lake Road and coming up via Crazy Horse. Second day we rode the Iron Mountain Road, Wildlife Loop and Needles Highway, all in the same day. Wow. Next day we rode around the loop again before heading east and homeward.
We went west through Greybull, where it was 95° by noon, then across the flattop to Gilette and then up to Sheridan along US 14. It was very hot across Wyoming. Next day we froze on top of Beartooth Pass going back to Red Lodge, maybe 1000 ft above the cloud ceiling riding through a big black thunderstorm. Thay was July 4. Red Lodge was swamped, with water coming over the sidewalks, roads washed out and at least one motel flooded. Fireworks were postponed to the next day. By then we were in Helena, after getting wet again coming through the Big Belt Mountains from White Sulphur Springs. Saturday we went along MT 279 to MT 200 to US 287 and 89 to Valier and then Shelby, rode some excellent roads. Sunday we crossed into Albert and came home to Calgary.
Seventeen days, 5760 km. Over the course of the journey, my Burgman averaged 23.5 km per liter, or 56 miles per US gallon. It was carrying me and at least 100 lbs of camping stuff and other baggage. I'm glad the Burgman is a "step-through" because I could never get my leg over that pile of stuff. The Burgmans were awesome. We like to motor along at an easy pace, 50 or 60 mph, but there were a couple of times when we had to go with traffic, which in Montana whistles down the Interstate at 80 mph.
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