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Douglas Jones Romero is seen in a college graduation picture. / Submitted photo
A Vineland community advocate was murdered Saturday by his 16-year-old girlfriend, who allegedly poisoned him in order to steal his money, police in the Dominican Republic said Monday.
Douglas Jones Romero, 60, was found dead around 3 a.m. Sunday in his home in Santiago, the largest city in the Dominican Republic.
The unidentified teen told police she conspired with 37-year-old Luz Maria Medina to put rat poison in Jones Romero's oatmeal, Col. Roberto Salcedo of the Dominican Republic National Police said Monday.
The teen told police she was coerced by Medina to poison Jones Romero. She also told police she had been in a three-year relationship with the victim.
Now both are facing criminal charges. Medina, who is dating the teen's uncle, was processed for murder and awaiting her sentence, Salcedo said. The teen, who was not identified because of her age, will learn her fate today.
The two assumed the handbag Jones Romero had been carrying contained a large amount of money, Salcedo said. They later learned the bag had only 5,000 Dominican pesos -- or about $130 -- and several personal papers, he said.
The pair used the cash to buy drugs, police said.
"They took his wallet, credit cards and personal papers, but they never got the chance to use it," Salcedo said of the other items in the handbag.
Jones Romero, a Vietnam veteran, was a strong advocate for the Hispanic community in Vineland. He ran for local and state offices several times and was involved in the Puerto Rican Festival of New Jersey.
Salcedo said the girl, under the influence of drugs and alcohol, showed up at a police station around midnight Sunday. Her confession came just five hours after she slipped a rat poison named Three Little Steps in his oatmeal, police said.
That type of rat poison is not approved for household use in the U.S. because its active ingredient, aldicarb, is highly toxic. It causes death by paralyzing the nervous system.
Salcedo said the girl told investigators she called her grandmother to learn the recipe for oatmeal.
Police are still waiting for the autopsy results, Salcedo said.
Jones Romero's wife of 40 years, Carmen Miranda-Jones first learned of her husband's death on Sunday evening.
She disputed the teen's claims of an ongoing relationship with Jones Romero. Their home in the Dominican Republic is only two years old and they lived across the country prior to that, she said.
"If that's the truth, I'll be the first one to be surprised, but I want to know what's going on," Miranda-Jones said.
Salcedo said Jones Romero met the teen through a cousin who had a daughter with the teen's aunt.
Miranda-Jones hired a lawyer and plans to go to Santiago on Wednesday to find out more about his death.
Authorities there first told her that the death was suspicious, but initially withheld further details, she said. They asked her to come to Santiago to identify the body and speak with the district attorney.
She learned the details of the alleged crime through and online report from a Spanish-language publication in Puerto Rico.
Miranda-Jones plans to bring her husband's body back to Vineland for a service at DeMarco-Luisi Funeral Home, though she couldn't say when that will take place.
She has been in Vineland helping to run the Puerto Rican Festival of New Jersey.
The couple own homes in Vineland and Santiago. Jones Romero often spent time in the Dominican Republic, and was recently helping his nephew's business there, Miranda-Jones said.
When he was away, they communicated by e-mail or Skype, she said.
Miranda-Jones missed the call from authorities Sunday because she turned off her phone during the Puerto Rican Festival's flag-raising ceremony.
Hospital officials, assuming she'd already heard about her husband, told her over the phone that Jones Romero was in the morgue.
She isn't sure exactly when Jones Romero died. He called their son, Yarilee Miranda-Jones, around 4:30 p.m. Saturday and she can only assume he died sometime after that.
Still not sure of the details of what happened, Miranda-Jones hoped Monday that people remember him fondly.
"I want people to remember him for how he lived, not how he died," she said.


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At the beginning of fall, I'd like to think that I'm not alone in visualizing myself walking down a leaf-covered sidewalk with a fall-flavored-coffee encased in my mittened hand. Along with being a time for consuming far too many warm beverages, fall is a time for celebration. Outside of the countryside, people only glimpse some of the more consumer-based aspects of fall; and while Starbucks and discount boots may seem of prime importance, there's a simpler version of fall that merits just as many smiles.
The not so faraway town of Tecumseh, in Southern Michigan, welcomes visitors to its annual "Appleumpkin Festival" in early October. This festival crowds the streets with vendors, booths, and a plethora of food, as people begin breaking in their fall gear. On the outskirts of the tiny Michigan town, autumn transforms Kapnick Orchards into a fall-time destination through their annual Apple Festival. This year's 35th anniversary of the Apple Festival will impress locals as well as anyone willing to make the drive out during the weekend of October 12-13.
Kapnick Orchards has seen a fair amount of change over the years; starting in 1961 as a roadside stand, the family has seen it develop into both a wildly successful store and thriving orchard. Cousins, Sharon Shaffer and Kim Amstutz (both whom I had the pleasure of interviewing), are part of the current family generation keeping the Orchard thriving, and they seemed excited for the coming months of fall.
Throughout the fall season, wagon rides that traverse through the orchard and the surrounding woods are available to the public. According to Sharon, they're always adding new attractions to the wagon ride, and this year, the employees' favorite add-on is their Despicable Me characters. "We just love our minions!" Sharon exclaimed, while excitedly explaining the ensuing autumn's events to me.
Although the Orchard offers autumn-themed enticements on a daily basis during fall, there will also be special attractions for visitors during the Apple Festival weekend. A bake-off contest will encourage baking enthusiasts to bring in their best recipes and homemade goods; dozens of activity and craft centers will be scattered throughout the property. And entertainment will not be lacking at all, with an array of magicians, clowns, a petting zoo, and live music.
The majority of people may end up being content with the simple pleasures of a family-run orchard. Kapnick's most popular items are their homemade caramel apples (which you can hand select and then see painted with caramel before your very eyes), their homemade apple butter (churned outdoors for 8 hours—the good ole fashioned way), and their homemade apple cider (which doubles as another top seller: apple cider slushes!). It's obvious that the lure for city folk and out-of-towners will be seeing the roots of the autumn season coming to life in a more interactive way than a family trip to Kroger.
If your fall-preparation-lineup is lacking excitement, visit www.kapnickorchards.com for more information of location and activities, and stop by Kapnick Orchards sometime this fall! The Apple Festival activities will be happening this October, from 9 am – 6 pm on Saturday the 12th, or 10 am – 5 pm on Sunday the 13th.
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|Effect of mercury on the fish (Alburnus alburnus) chemoreceptor taste buds. A scanning electron microscopic study.
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|Taste buds (TBs) were investigated by scanning electron microscope on various parts of the oral cavity of the bleak. (Alburnus alburnus) after differently long exposures to mercury (300 micrograms/l Hg++). This low concentration of mercury did not result in lethal effect on the bleak even after 19 days long exposure, but produced morphological changes on the TBs, which showed duration dependency. The first sign of the morphological alteration on the TBs was observed after three days long exposure, when the microridge system of the epithelial cells became damaged and the mucus secretion increased on the apical surface of the TBs. On the TBs exposed for 10 days swollen microvilliar tips of the sensory cells could be observed besides the damage of the epithelial microridge system. On the TBs exposed for 19 days degenerative changes were detected on the microvilliar system of both the supporting and receptor cells. By this time completely degenerated TBs were frequently observed.
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Kevin Nicholas has become everyone's new favorite to watch on stage. Turning up to Nationals with a Pacific Northwest Regional seed, it was only Finals that he had to worry about. With an array of tricks, Kevin shows of the best trick of Nationals. Wait till the end if his freestyle to see it!


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Marc Forster Interview, Quantum of SolacePosted by: Sheila Roberts
MoviesOnline sat down with Marc Forster at the Los Angeles press day to talk about his exciting new film, "Quantum of Solace," the 22nd James Bond adventure in the longest running franchise in film history. Directed by Forster from a screenplay written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Oscar winner Paul Haggis, the film stars Daniel Craig as the legendary secret agent, James Bond, and picks up the storyline just one hour after the end of Casino Royale.
Fueled by the betrayal of Vesper, the woman he loved, Bond's determination to track down the mastermind behind a mysterious and sinister organization leads to Haiti, where he finds an unlikely ally in Camille (Kurylenko), a beautiful but feisty stranger who has her own vendetta. The film also stars Judi Dench, Jesper Christiansen, Mathieu Amalric, and Giancarlo Giannini.
The "Quantum of Solace" production filmed in more overseas locations than any other movie in the 46-year running James Bond franchise. The crew started filming at Pinewood Studios in the UK before traveling to Panama City and Colon in Panama, the Atacama Desert in Chile, Sienna, Carrara, Lake Garda and Fonteblanda in Italy and Bregenz in Austria, with an additional unit filming an aerial sequence in San Felipe, Mexico.
Marc Forster made his directorial debut in 2000 with a psychological horror movie entitled "Everything Put Together," which he also co-wrote. The film premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and Forster went on to direct a string of critically acclaimed blockbuster hits including, most recently, "The Kite Runner," based on Khaled Hosseini 's best seller.
Forster's impressive filmography also includes "Monster's Ball" (2001), which received two Oscar nominations with Halle Berry winning Best Actress, and "Finding Neverland" (2004), which starred Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet and received seven Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations and eleven BAFTA nominations all including Best Picture. Forster was also nominated Best Director by his peers at the Directors Guild of America.
In 2005 Forster helmed the reality bending thriller "Stay" starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts and went on to direct the hit comedy "Stranger then Fiction," with Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson and Queen Latifah, the following year.
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MoviesOnline: I haven't heard anyone say they don't like the film.
Marc Forster: I'm glad they like it. The pressure was hard enough because "Casino Royale" was so successful and the expectations were so high. I felt like "oh my God" and the pressure's still there to hope that the film performs.
MoviesOnline: Did you feel like you were making a sequel or did it feel brand new and you just happened to be talking about people who were in the last film?
Marc Forster: No, I mean I wanted to approach it as if I'm making the movie I wanted to make and the Bond movie I would like to see artistically and any other way. But I still felt like okay, there are some characters I'm inheriting and I'm taking along for the ride, so, in that sense, yes. What I thought was interesting for me was to do a sequel because in the last 5 minutes of "Casino Royale" Bond loses the love of his life and he's in this emotional state. I felt to continue that state into "Quantum of Solace" would be a good thing instead of starting him out fresh and Bond feels there's no attachment and he forgot the girl he loved and now where's the next girl I can be with? And so I kind of like to have that sort of kind of pain, you know?
MoviesOnline: You make some very interesting editing choices which look great on-screen. How early on did you decide to do that?
Marc Forster: A lot of the action sequences I developed when I went to locations and that's sort of how it came together. My first idea of intercutting the sequences, especially the sequence in Siena and the opera and the final sequence, came from Siena. They showed me the cisterns which the Roman's built under the city, the water channels, and I thought it would be interesting to put the safe house underground. Before, it was up on a roof in a building and then there was a rooftop chase. I thought it would be interesting to put it underground and then start the chase exactly when the horse race starts and have them intercut those 2 chases and then he pops up in the middle of the Palio and then we have him sort of on ground level and then he goes up to the roof and then crashes through the dome from the top.
Originally, in the script, it was to enter the dome from the ground and fight up some scaffolding. I thought it was more interesting and more spectacular to crash in from the top and have the intercutting between the race and them. And then with the opera sequence—that sequence was set in the script in a U.N. type of setting with people overhearing these conversations through different languages and stuff and I thought it was interesting, but visually I just couldn't get it in my head and I felt it looked a little familiar and then I saw the opera set and the eye reminded me of Bond and it was blue and I always loved the influence of Hitchcock on the early Bond films and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" certainly popped into my head.
I thought that kind of film could really work [and be] really interesting because I knew it was Tosca. I thought Tosca was a parallel to our story and so I could have the opera and him and then after this sort of Mexican standoff go into this dream-like action sequence which wouldn't be based on reality. I always enjoyed it also in those "Godfather" films, how Coppola dealt with it, and so I thought it would be kind of a cool sequence.
MoviesOnline: How was it shooting coverage on this film? Are you the type of filmmaker that likes to use a lot of cameras or are you very focused? Do you have everything in your mind in terms of how it's going to be?
Marc Forster: I mostly have a lot of it in my mind in dramatic sequences anyway. When I shoot with actors, I usually shoot with one camera, sometimes 2, because it restricts your lighting. In action sequences, I shot with more cameras because that's just easier otherwise you lose too much time. But usually I try to limit the amount of cameras.
MoviesOnline: Do you enjoy doing all the huge action set-pieces or are you ready to do another small, quiet drama?
Marc Forster: No, I think there's some switching genres and something smaller again. I mean, I enjoyed making the film and it was creatively satisfying and I loved working with Daniel. I mean he's been such a great collaborator and it was really so satisfying working with an actor like him. And the producers really supported my visions. I have nothing to complain about but it's just hard to carry that kind of size of production and shooting….and it was my choice to shoot in 6 countries. It wasn't theirs. I mean like up to them. They said, oh, we can shoot it all in Pinewood on green screen, but I thought no, we need to shoot in real locations. It has to feel real.
I want to be there like in these old Bond movies. They sort of lost it a little bit along the way. They started shooting more in studio and had the 2nd unit out on locations. And I felt no, I want to shoot on locations. I think it's more intimate and feels better. And so I'm in London prepping and shooting it there and my production guys are in Panama prepping that and then I'm seeing images of locations and suddenly I chose the locations [and saw] that the wall was gray and I said we have to change the color to green. And then I see images and then when I arrive on the day I say well, that's not really the green I wanted, but it's too late to change, you know? And then while I'm arriving there, he's already in Chile prepping the Chile locations so they're always ahead of you prepping and the details make the movie.
You have to be so aware. And it's hard on the computer when they send you these photos because the color changes depending if you're using a flash or what the lighting situation is, so it gets tricky. And yes, if you're doing a DI you can change the color again on the DI but it gets very complicated to get the color right and I'm really particular about that because it affects you subconsciously, the way you feel about the movie and the space and the characters. So that kind of stuff…if you shoot at one location, you know I'm always in control and I think most directors are control freaks.
MoviesOnline: When you watch the movie now, are there still scenes where you're like "Oh my gosh, I can't believe that green's still in the background"?
Marc Forster: No, Dennis Gastner, the production designer, is really phenomenal and he really has a good eye. I chose him because he did 8 movies with the Coen brothers. He did "The Truman Show," you know. His credits are really great. He has great taste. We worked it out very quickly. It happened here or there but we could always fix it at the last moment.
MoviesOnline: What location or which scene was the greatest challenge for you?
Marc Forster: They were all challenges because I had this idea I wanted to do 4 action sequences and 4 elements—water, fire, air, earth. And so every time you work with the elements, you know, you put your actors into fire it gets very hot, so it's very hard. You put them in water, you have the wind, the waves. It's hard and dangerous. I think the hardest one for me to actually push through because of different reasons was the Siena scene which ends at the art gallery cathedral. Originally the rooftops were supposed to be built in Pinewood and we couldn't afford it. It was too expensive. So they said we'll just have to cut the rooftops. I said no, I can't cut the rooftops. I need that foreplay.
I had already shot the cathedral scenes and the beginning of the chase so I had him up on the thing and I said no, he should just run up into the tower and crash through the cathedral. I said no, I need the rooftops and then it was really hard to shoot that. So then I said why don't we ask Siena if we could shoot on the real rooftops in the final location. So Siena, the city, allowed us to shoot on the real rooftops and I'm so thankful to them. Engineers had to look at the weight of the buildings and it's quite extensive. And then he flies from one rooftop to the other side where the balconies are. That was all in the real location. That was all shot in Siena on location.
Then there was an issue with the bus. The bus got too expensive, but then I said no, now we have him on the other side. We have to get him over and they said I know but you can figure something out. The bus thing is too much money and too complicated. But I said I have him on this side, how can they link…we'll just cut into the tower. Then I was thinking, no, that doesn't work and we have to get him over there. I need the bus.
MoviesOnline: You got your bus?
Marc Forster: Yeah, I got the bus finally. But no, no the bus was always in the concept but I didn't see another way to get him over except when he jumps on the bus and he gets over and goes up again anyway.
MoviesOnline: Were you shooting in Siena during the Palio?
Marc Forster: Yeah, we shot the real Palio and I shot that actually August 16th last year before we shot anything and the script wasn't finished. At that point, I didn't really completely 100% know where the Palio would fit in.
MoviesOnline: Was there any stunt sequence that you were particularly worried about shooting? The fire scenes at the end seemed very dangerous.
Marc Forster: Yeah I know. I mean, it's actually Daniel. What is really dangerous is when he leaves the villa where Mr. Green is…after he pulls him up and he runs across and the thing crashes down. That's all Daniel. And things are exploding left and right next to him and it's all real. And he's in the midst of those flames and then at the end of it he stands there for a moment and then he goes into this door which is a side door, but it's all extremely hot. And he has protective tissue on but it's still…and also once the thing crashes through the door, it's like he's there. He enters the door, the thing crashes behind him and he enters the room which is filled with flames as well. So that was intense, yeah.
MoviesOnline: You mentioned that you shot that sequence in Siena in August.
Marc Forster: Yeah.
MoviesOnline: It was leaked on the Internet that you were filming there and people were taking photos. What was that experience like for you? Did you realize there was so much interest?
Marc Forster: I heard about it. Very early on I said okay, I can't follow this online or go onto any blogs or anything because people say, "Okay, they've chosen a director who has never done action. What is he going to do?" And I felt if I went in and started reading that stuff it really would affect me.
MoviesOnline: How do you make sure Bond's character and humanity remain intact when there's so much action?
Marc Forster: I felt like the main thing is what I was always concentrated on. Like I said at the beginning, I can't approach it like a big franchise movie. I have to really think about the character. I see it as sort of an "art film". How can I make this my own within that Bond framework? And it's all about Bond and the character and the intensity and how I feel. I felt because he lost the love of his life in the last one, the Bond girl should be sort of a mirror to him and in a sense have her own revenge motives. And because of that mirror, we can get an emotional response out of Bond, but just in his eyes when she opens up a little bit. At the same time, I thought also when he's with the Giancarlo Giannini character, Mathis, there's a nice sort of thing about the two of them that you feel how much pain he's really in.
MoviesOnline: Can you talk about the selection of Jack White and Alicia Keyes to do the theme song? How much were you involved?
Marc Forster: Basically, I heard that Jack White was interested. He loved Bond movies and he was interested in writing a Bond song. I thought okay. I love his music. I'm a big fan and I thought it would be really an interesting combination. It was his idea to have Alicia Keys as a duet. I always wanted to work with her. I thought that would work out great and I thought it's important not to have the typical Bond song because it's not a typical Bond movie and I thought to go against the grain a little bit and then he sent us that song in a rough version. I thought that would work. That goes in the right direction.
MoviesOnline: The score sounds very contemporary and not like your grandfather's Bond score.
Marc Forster: Yeah, it's the same composer, David Arnold, [who did Casino Royale], but I also worked with David very much. I wanted to push him more. I played him some temp tracks which we were thinking of and I thought it would be more interesting than going full orchestral and give it a little bit more of a modern edge. And even at the end credits, after the Bond theme, there's this artist called Fortet who took one of his compositions and re-mixed it in an interesting way. So that was my approach.
MoviesOnline: What's your reaction when you read the final script? Were there a lot of adjustments that were made along the way as the film proceeded?
Marc Forster: There wasn't really ever a final script. It was just evolving, a constant evolving and changing especially with all the action. You know, you can't sit on a blank page and just write. It's just looking at the locations. How can we make this work and what can we work and what's the possibility? And then mainly what I was focusing on in the script was the dialogue sequences and sort of what happens in that structure.
MoviesOnline: Why did you pick Olga? What was it about her that blew you away?
Marc Forster: I saw hundreds of tapes and then from those hundreds of tapes I selected around 20 girls to come in and read for me. Out of those 20 I selected 4 to read with Daniel Craig and just basically they played the scene and I saw who would connect in the most natural way with Daniel. Olga just seemed to naturally connect with him well and it was like sort of an alignment and I thought there was some depth in it and there was something in her eyes where I felt like she has lived life. It was important for me in Camille's character that she was a fighter and she had this tragedy in her past and I thought when I met Olga that she had these sort of qualities about her.
MoviesOnline: What can fans look forward to on the DVD/Blu-ray as far as deleted scenes or extras? Or are you even thinking about that yet?
Marc Forster: Not so much yet but there is only one little deleted scene and then there's tons of footage from behind the scenes. You know we made the whole behind the scenes piece and several other pieces that they've been working on. I just looked at it a little bit but that's probably what will be included.
MoviesOnline: Was that scene a different ending?
Marc Forster: That scene? Actually yes, where it ends now there was another scene following, but I took that scene out.
MoviesOnline: Can you tell me what this scene might be?
Marc Forster: No, you don't want to spoil that because…it's better just to keep it as it is. I mean it's like I was thinking we shot the scene and it worked. I think it's a great scene and everybody loved it and the first screening I had was with that scene and then we just felt no, let's just end it right there on that necklace. He got his quantum of solace. That's where it is. That's where the movie ends and let's not even go there.
MoviesOnline: How long is it?
Marc Forster: It's like a minute.
MoviesOnline: Interesting.
Marc Forster: I tell you that he does encounter Mr. White in that scene.
MoviesOnline: Really? You're killing me now.
Marc Forster: So you can almost start the next movie with that scene.
MoviesOnline: That's what I wanted to know.
Marc Forster: I don't know if it's a trilogy or not but they're thinking…I don't know. I was thinking to them if they wanted to they could just like…
MoviesOnline: I was curious about that because this one ends like it's a bookend. It's a part 2 of 2 and that scene would have been part 2 of 3.
Marc Forster: And that's why because it gives them the opportunity to either start completely new or to….but with that scene you're almost forced to follow the movie into a trilogy.
MoviesOnline: How come you didn't use the catch phrase? The Bond, James Bond? Do you like not having that in your film?
Marc Forster: You know, interestingly enough I did shoot it and it was taken out. I did cut it. I did shoot the line, but the producers felt the same so I lost it.
MoviesOnline: Are there a lot of little scenes like that and one-liners here and there that were in the film but were cut out of it?
Marc Forster: No, no, no. Just that particular one.
MoviesOnline: You've done a wide range of films that are all distinctly different. Is there a genre you haven't worked in that you'd like to do in the future?
Marc Forster: I would like to do a Sci-Fi. I'd like to do a musical. So those are the two. And I would like to do a big epic love story. A couple of genres.
MoviesOnline: Would you like to do another Bond movie?
Marc Forster: They offered me the next one but at this point the pressure is so intense and it's a year off and I don't know if I want to do that again. It's literally not having a life and I mean that's not exaggerated. I feel like life is short, you know. You have to find a balance.
"Quantum of Solace" opens in theaters on November 14th.


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If GetGlue stats are any indication, you were probably sitting in front of your TV last night. We saw a huge amount of activity across the large number of premieres, with a record-breaking season two opener for ABC's Once Upon a Time.
In the chart above, total activity accounts for all GetGlue activities, including check-ins, comments, likes, and more. The percentage change marks growth from last season's premiere.
Once Upon a Time
ABC was the night's big winner with three huge premieres. After Forbes documented the show's domination in its first season, GetGlue chart topper Once Upon a Time had a fairy-tale victory with almost 94,000 activities yesterday according to Trendrr.tv. This is a 30% jump over the first season finale's stats and more than three times its season one premiere numbers. In just the hours surrounding its 8/7c air time, the show got more than 86,000 in activity, a GetGlue record for a broadcast premiere!
At 9/8c, juicy drama Revenge also had you talking with more than 50,000 activities on GetGlue, and it didn't lose any steam in its move from Wednesday night to Sunday night between seasons. It had 50% more activity than its May finale and almost five times what we saw for its series premiere a year ago. Spooky newcomer 666 Park Avenue also scared up 48,000 check-ins, comments, and more.
After racking up multiple wins at the Emmys last week, Showtime also reigned over the cable world yesterday. Dexter was tops with almost 71,000 activities with GetGlue users excited for the season seven premiere and tuning in to see what would happen after Deb's dramatic discovery. This represents a huge bump from its season six premiere, bringing in more than three times the activity.
Meanwhile, Emmy-winning drama Homeland started its sophomore season off strong with 35,000 activities, bringing in huge year-over-year growth with four times the numbers of its season one premiere. The buzz continues to build. Are you watching yet?
It wasn't all serious fare racking up the numbers on GetGlue last night. FOX's slate of Animation Domination premieres had you checking-in and chatting (and quoting the lines that had you laughing). The Simpsons gathered over 34,000 check-ins, comments, etc. on their return trip to NYC, and Family Guy wasn't far behind with almost 31,000 in GetGlue activity. These numbers are six times what the shows saw for their premieres last year. American Dad had 22,000 activities yesterday, while Bob's Burgers stacked up 18,000 in check-ins and more.
What shows did you watch last night? What remaining premieres have you counting down to air time? Be sure to like GetGlue on Facebook and follow GetGlue on Twitter for all our big news.


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A work in progress
Language Learning Lingo: Bilingual Education in the U.S.
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A work in progress
Language Learning Lingo: Bilingual Education in the U.S.
21 Wednesday Aug 2013
Language-learning Workouts
Workshop with Janis Hanson
August 23, 2013 — Blended Learning Institute
University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
Handout: Language Learning Workouts August 2013 Program
|Tour of toys
|Participant introductions
|A plan! (or more playtime)
|Final words from Janis
|Loitering and/or one-on-one help
I hope you will add comments and suggestions on the blog.
Correction: The ESL/TESOL site is at http://www.uni.edu/becker/TESOL_ESL2.html
Thank you for attending!
16 Friday Aug 2013
I have limited but very positive experience using Skype for language exchanges. In the past two weeks, I have used The Mixxer to meet with three conversation partners, two from Spain and one from Mexico. I will be back for more! I can't believe it's taken me this long to get on board.
For an overview of how to get the most out of language exchange websites like The Mixxer, see Judy's excellent post on HubPages. Be sure to scroll down to her list of hints and tips.
The page for Frequently Asked Questions on The Mixxer addresses technical questions clearly. I'm guessing most language exchange websites have a similarly useful page.
I can recommend two sites that offer extensive lists of conversation topics:
One of my language exchange partners, Reggie Mora from Mexico, pointed out a couple gaps in the support available for language exchange participants. The protocol for accepting and rejecting partners is unclear. In his words, we need to look more closely at the "ética" — the ethics — of using language exchange websites. He also pointed out the need for available lessons about social interactions, which would be especially useful for intermediate learners. Food for thought, Reggie – thank you!
14 Wednesday Aug 2013
Duolingo and LiveMocha are two widely used crowdsourced language learning programs. They are works in progress, so learners can expect a few glitches along the way. But the programs are essential for any serious do-it-yourself language-learning toolkit. And the price can't be beat.
13 Tuesday Aug 2013
It's easy to find recommendations online for the "Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy" (VSS). Teachers sing its praises as an approach to help children take an interest in strengthening their native-language vocabulary. Developing a personal vocabulary self-collection strategy can support intermediate and advanced foreign language learners, too.
A systematic strategy for vocabulary development can also provide advanced learners with fruitful reading, writing, listening and speaking opportunities.
In section A, below, you will see my personal ten-step vocabulary self-collection strategy. In section B, below, you will see a sample word processing document that I put together using the ten steps.
Please try out my strategy and let me know how it works for you. I welcome your comments and suggestions.
Section A: My 10-step Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy
Step 1: Find a suitable online article in your target language.
Use the "five-finger test" if necessary to determine suitability. A suitable article for an intermediate/advanced adult learner will have 2 – 5 new/challenging words out of ~250.
Step 2: Upload the URL, PDF or doc file on Lingro.com .
Read the article on the Lingro site, and use Lingro to look up words from the document that you might like to learn. Lingro will keep track of the words you select and the sentences in which the words are found.
Step 3: Open a word processing program.
Use two screens, one for a new word processing (e.g., Word) document and the other with the Lingro site.
Step 3: Select 5 – 10 worthy words, and copy/paste the sentences into your document.
Find the sentences you collected on Lingro (step 2), select 5 – 10 vocabulary words, and copy/paste the corresponding sentences into the word processing document.
Recommendation: Also copy/paste the URL for the article or information about the file.
Step 4: Make a three-column table for your vocabulary words.
Make a table with three columns and one row for each vocabulary word. Put the 5 – 10 vocabulary words you chose in the left column.
Step 5: Add target-language and native-language definitions in the second and third columns.
Open Word Reference in the second screen. Look up each word. Put an appropriate target-language definition in the second column and an appropriate native-language definition in the third column.
Step 6: Make additional tables, one with only target-language definitions and one with only native-language definitions.
Using copy/paste, make two additional tables. Use the table tools to delete the native-language definition column for one of the tables and the target-language definition column in the the other table.
Step 7: Write a paragraph in which you use a form of each of the vocabulary words.
Recommendation: Underline or highlight each of the vocabulary words.
Step 8: Find a friendly native-speaker of the target language who will correct your sentences.
Recommendation: Use a site like The Mixxer to find someone who will help you.
Step 9: Review the words in your tables.
Suggestion: You can cut each row and then fold the paper in the middle to make flashcards. You can separate the words you've learned easily from those you haven't.
Step 10: Pat yourself on the back and start over with a new article.
Section B: A Sample of my Work
(The URL for the article) http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Revelan-mitos-chicos-usan-tecnologia_0_950905017.html
(Sentences with the words used in the article)
Muchos de los productos para niños emplean el concepto de interactivo porque se estableció que este sistema es capaz de aumentar la concentración y en consecuencia, lograr un mayor progreso en la lectura y escritura.
Los autores del estudio reconocen que este tipo de materiales pueden proveer cierta motivaciónn inicial para el aprendizaje, aunque rarament se mantiene constante.
Y es esta relación triádica (niños – adultos – tecnologías) la que va a definir el grado de dominio que el niño va a tener sobre los distintos instrumentos tecnológicos disponibles a su alcance" concluye Ribon.
La tecnología interfiere en las relaciones sociales El mayor desarreglo que se le atribuye alas pantallas es intensificar el aislamiento.
Y elegían agarrar los muñecos de esas series y jugar con ellos o vestirse con sus ropas.
Dos científicas británicas investigaron durante 12 meses a distintas familias y confirmaron que hay siete creencias muy arraigadas.
(Definitions from Word Reference)
|grab, catch
|establecido, difícil de eliminar
|rooted, settled
|establecido, difícil de eliminar
|grab, catch
|rooted, settled
(My paragraph — still in need of native-speaker input)
Logro preparar un buen gazpacho todos los veranos. Los agricultores de nuestra parte nos proveen jitomates ricos en agosto. Y los agarro alegremente cuando voy de compras en el mercado al aire libre que tenemos en verano. Por eso, el éxito de preparar un buen gazpacho está a mi alcance. Pero siempre cuando paso ni unos pocos minutos en la cocina, la dejo desarregladísima. Pero no me preocupo por el desorden porque mi deseo de preparar un buen gazpacho me está bien arraigado.
(My paragraph — after help from a coach)
Yo logro preparar un buen gazpacho todos los veranos. Los agricultores de nuestra parte nos proveen ricos jitomates en agosto. Y los agarro alegremente cuando voy de compras en el mercado al aire libre que tenemos en verano. Por eso, el éxito de preparar un buen gazpacho está a mi alcance. Pero siempre cuando paso unos pocos minutos en la cocina, la dejo desarregladísima. Pero no me preocupo por el desorden porque mi deseo de preparar un buen gazpacho me está bien arraigado
08 Thursday Aug 2013
The BBC Learning English site has a strong focus on audio programming. There are a lot of podcasts available on the site, and many are suitable for intermediate and advanced learners. However, in an effort to make the English easily understood, most of the speakers sound wooden. For starters, Six-minute English deals with current issues, but the readers' speaking styles are consistently unnatural. English at Work includes skits with unrealistic, amateur acting. This is the venerable BBC, for heaven's sake, and we know there are a lot of charming Brits out there who are ready to disarm us with their voices. The podcast listener is multi-tasking — driving and listening, for example – and we want to hear voices of people we'd like to meet over a pint.
Don't misunderstand me. I am still a BBC fan on many fronts. Two of the BBC Learning English programs without podcasts have more pizazz. Words in the News highlights vocabulary from videos about deliciously unusual topics, and there is a follow-up vocabulary quiz for each video. The Flatmates dialogs are tongue-in-cheek, which is what we want from the Brits (speaking on behalf of the Yanks). There are a lot of British expressions on Flatmates that we don't use in the U.S.; but the actors are fun to listen to, and the follow-up exercises and quizzes look helpful.
The Voice of America Learning English site offers video and audio podcasts and lessons for English learners at two levels, intermediate low (level 1) and intermediate high (level 2). The level-two lessons are organized by the following topics: current events, world, America, entertainment, history, business and economics, and science and technology. There is also a small section for level-two learners about business English, which included topics such as introductions and email. The VOA site is beautiful, indeed, but I find myself with the same question: why don't they hire people with more engaging voices? I think the Scottish man and the Spanish woman on the Show Time Spanish podcasts have spoiled me. They speak Spanish fairly slowly and deliberately for the benefit of non-native speakers, but they are so appealing that I wish I could join them for a few glasses of tinto de verano.
Fortunately, there are several American public radio podcasts that also feature interesting people. And better yet, the transcripts are free. These programs are a good fit for advanced learners, who, like all learners, benefit from repetition. When a podcast comes with a transcript, we can alternate reading the transcript with listening; and with this repetition, we understand and remember more of the target language. Alternating reading with listening also makes it possible for us to focus on longer segments. Let me recommend three of my favorites, all of which include 10 – 15 – minute segments:
PRI This American Life (which goes well beyond American shores)
PRI Living on Earth (check the archives for the scripts)
Last but not least, it would be difficult to imagine a post about listening to English online without mentioning TED talks. When it comes to 15 – 20 – minute presentations, we have the whole package here: a speaker, a video, a transcript, and power-points or pictures to emphasize key points. I am hoping for TED talks in Spanish someday. The time will come.
07 Wednesday Aug 2013
For many years, the Rong Chang ESL site and the Charles Darling Guide to Grammar and Writing (sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation) have offered ESL students clear grammar explanations and supporting exercises. The Rong Chang site has two sets of grammar exercises, one for beginning ESL students and the other for advanced students. The venerable Guide to Grammar and Writing includes 174 interactive quizzes and an index with over 400 references.
I can also recommend the British Council site, which has a long list of grammar topics with explanations and exercises. The Learn English – Feel Good site has an impressive list, too, with the explanations and exercises identified as appropriate for beginning, intermediate and/or advanced learners. As part of this list there is a special section for advanced learners that focuses on English writing skills. Jennifer Frost's English Grammar site caught my eye, and I'm planning to take a closer look at her work.
Websites that support native speakers of English who want to improve their skills can also serve advanced English learners. Perhaps the most widely recommended resource of this type from the U.S. is the Purdue Owl. You might also be interested in the University of Ottawa Writing Centre's Hypergrammar link. But wait – there's more: I just discovered that The University of Chicago Writing Center updates their page about grammar resources four times a year. This is the place for grammar-lovers to check again and again.
Please comment with tips and recommendations for grammar sites.
04 Sunday Aug 2013
Many of us need a guru in order to stick with a do-it-yourself language-learning program. I've found my guy: Josh Kaufman, author of The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast!
I first read about Kaufman in a Boing Boing interview; then I found his Tedx Talk online. While the best way to get a handle on Mr. Kaufman's ideas is to see him for yourself, I can't resist including four tips here, with reference to the quest to improve language skills.
Kaufman: Deconstruct the skill.
Language learners might consider looking at the usual practice of deconstructing language learning into the usual four domains: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. When I looked at my own language study from this perspective, I couldn't hide from the fact that I was coming up short on writing and speaking practice. With this in mind, I'm working on a more well-rounded approach. Some learners, however, may need to focus on one or two domains more than the others; and some learners may have a critical need to work on grammar or on vocabulary related to a specific area of interest. Deciding what you need to work on is essential.
Kaufman: Learn enough to self-correct.
Identify a few select resources that will help you with trouble spots, and choose tasks that don't require too much or too little reference to these resources. Language learners need good dictionaries and reliable grammar resources; but if we need to use these resources too much or too little, we are not at the optimum level of self-correction to boost our skills. I have settled in on Word Reference, the Enrique Yepes grammar resources, Lingro.com, and the Kindle New Dictionary Hispano Spanish-English (Version 2013). Of course, what meets my needs as an advanced learner might be different from what a learner at a different proficiency level might need.
I have grappled with the best ways to spend my time studying Spanish. When I started doing online exercises, I chose materials that were so easy that I didn't have much need for self-correction. This meant I wasn't getting the biggest bang for my buck in terms of time spent. Similarly, I wasn't getting the biggest bang for my buck when I was reading a book in Spanish that required me to look up several words in most paragraphs. Self-correction is important; but with such challenging material, I hardly had time to self-correct most of my errant efforts to guess the meaning of vocabulary from the context. With this in mind, I am using the 5-Finger test as a guide for choosing appropriate reading materials for my Spanish-language proficiency level. Give it a try.
While it's often helpful to be relaxed about making mistakes, it's also short-sighted to ignore all mistakes without making systematic efforts to improve.
Kaufman: Remove barriers to practice.
We all know about barriers to improving our language skills: no native speakers to talk to, no time or cash for an immersion experience, no time to do even one more thing, and then: "Now that I have 15 minutes free, I need to veg out."
Kaufman talks about the need for just "a little bit of will power." If we schedule 20 minutes five days a week for language study and we have a specific set of resources on hand, there is no reason we can't just get started. This blog is a collection of starting points for the advanced learner. Start somewhere, anywhere – it's better than nothing.
We can also identify new ways to integrate language study into our daily life. Here's my personal before-and-after list:
|Before (without Spanish)
|After (with Spanish)
|Morning Sudoku and crossword puzzle
|online sentence-jumble game in Spanish and Spanish-language trivia tests
|Listening to NPR while doing gardening & housework
|Listening to podcasts for advanced learners
|Reading the local morning paper
|Using Lingro.com to read el País and el Clarín
|Reading magazines to fall asleep
|Reading Selecciones by Reader's Digest on my Kindle, using a point-and-click dictionary
|Unexpected waiting at the hairdressers or at the doctor's office
|Carrying a book in Spanish in my car at all times
Kaufman: Practice for at least 20 hours.
Kaufman discusses the inevitable frustration barrier that people experience when they learn a new skill. The same is true for those of us struggling to rise above a language-learning plateau. We hit a wall and feel stupid and want to stop. But here's where the importance of 20 hours comes in: if we know that feeling stupid is a natural part of skill development, we can also see that we are bound to get past a choke point or two in the course of 20 hours. Besides, if we commit to just 20 hours, we're not looking at an interminable future of frustration. After 20 hours, we are bound to have improved our skills, and we can decide then if we want to improve some more or just coast.
Kaufman concludes his Tedx talk saying, "The major barrier to skill acquisition isn't intellectual, it's emotional." True, indeed.
04 Sunday Aug 2013
Enrique Yepes (Bowdoin College, Maine, USA) has compiled a terrific set of grammar resources for intermediate and advanced Spanish learners.
My favorite sections of his site are the Online Advanced Spanish Grammar Book and Links to Spanish Grammar Exercises Online, both organized by topic.
His list of resources for the grammar exercises reads like a "Who's Who" of online Spanish support:
•Aitken: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/modernlanguages/spanish/masarriba/ (basic level, sound and images)
• Arana: http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/ (mostly advanced)
• Aula Virtual Español: http://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/actividades_ave/aveteca.htm (levels 1-2)
• BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/ (all levels)
• Instituto Cervantes: http://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/ (various formats)
• Kelm :http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/index.html (excellent for listening at all levels)
• Learn Spanish: http://www.spanishprograms.com/learning_module/tutorial_index.htm (basic levels)
• LeLoup:http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/usafa/taller.html (mostly intermediate)
• MERLOT (reference):http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm
• Nelson: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ (mostly intermediate)
• Quia: http://www.quia.com/shared/spanish/ (mostly beginning)
• Soto: http://www.indiana.edu/~call/ejercicios.html (mostly advanced)
• Stroud: http://www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar/index.html (mostly advanced)
• Szego: http://www.e-spanyol.hu/en/ (all levels)
• TeachMe123: http://www.123teachme.com/ (all levels)
• Tutorial: http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm (mostly beginning)
• Yepes: http://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/newgr/ (mostly advanced)
[Note to Professor Yepes: You're my hero. Thanks for your fine work.]
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I understand that beginners can benefit from using an audio-based language-learning program. However, after reading two reviews of the well advertised Pimsleur Approach, one such program, I continue to contend that effective language learning, as much for beginners as for advanced learners, is rooted in self-discipline. Take a look at these reviews if you're interested in criteria for choosing a program for beginners; but also consider the stronger message in each review, which is the importance of having self-discipline and a clear plan for improvement.
One of the reviews is posted on the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse TESOL website. Kayla Ahonen, one of my fall 2012 undergraduate TESOL students, wrote about her mom's experience learning Spanish using Pimsleur materials. This review provides persuasive anecdotal evidence that the audio-based Pimsleur approach can work well for a beginner who wants to use commuting time for language learning. Kayla suggests, however, that the most valuable assets for a language learner are "desire, partial immersion to encourage acquisition, and time alone."
On his website Fluent in Three Months, Benny Lewis also wrote a review of the Pimsleur Approach, which he used for beginning lessons in Hungarian. In addition to listing pros and cons of the approach, he provides specific suggestions for how to organize the language-learning experience. The critical importance of homing in on a plan is, again, emphasized.


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With fewer and fewer games remaining to make its mark in the chase for the PIHL Class AA playoffs, the Gateway varsity ice hockey team knew it had to take advantage of Monday's matchup with Montour at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center.
The winless Spartans gave the Gators a fight, but in the end, Gateway held on, 3-1, for a crucial two points.
"Montour is a young team, and they played us tough," Gators head coach Gene Perhac said.
"They are getting better. They were at home, and I think playing in front of their fans gave them a boost. They played us down to the wire."
Gateway now is 5-9-0 overall, and its 10 points puts it one point behind Plum (5-8-1) for the 10th and final playoff spot in AA.
The Gators host Pine-Richland on Thursday at 7:45 p.m. at Center Ice Arena in Delmont, and the Rams are second in AA in points with 21.
Latrobe is first with 22.
Gateway plays Plum on Monday at 8:20 p.m. at the Pittsburgh Ice Arena.
Monday's win snapped a mini two-game losing skid, and the Gators were able to bounce back from Friday's 8-2 loss to Erie Cathedral Prep.
Prep led 1-0 after the first period and then outscored Gateway, 4-2, in the second period to take control of the game.
"We didn't play that bad against Prep, even though the score might not indicate that," Perhac said.
"We had a lot of scoring opportunities in the first period we didn't take advantage of, and Prep capitalized on our mistakes in the second period."
Perhac said the offense has been just missing an not finishing plays the past couple of games.
"Montour is a physical team, and they kept us off balance a little bit," Perhac said.
"We were missing chances to blow the game open. The younger guys are learning and maturing through the season."
Senior Cam Cacolice scored Gateway's first-period goal, and he assisted on senior Jake DeHass' game-winner in the second that broke a 1-1 tie.
The Gators took a pair of penalties in the span of 21 seconds late in the third period, and Montour had a 5-on-3 power play.
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