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As a 35-year-old man who dropped History as a subject at school the moment I had the chance, I might not be considered the target audience for a historical sketch show on the CBBC channel. Indeed were it not for my wife, a keen historian who as a kid read the books from which this show takes its inspiration, I might never have seen it. And that would be a dreadful shame because it has somehow become a show that I watch compulsively and will rewatch time and again. Simply put, it's a work of genius.
If you've never watched it, the chances are that you've seen it as a kids' show or that you're simply not that interested in history. Or you didn't know it existed. Well, now you know, so let's deal with the other issues. Is it a kids' show? Well, it's on CBBC and is hosted by a puppet rat (named Rattus Rattus - which may sound silly but is actually the Latin name for the black rat), so it could be considered so.
Certainly, there's nothing here that means your kids shouldn't watch it. There is no swearing, and no sexual references. Any violence is largely implied or cartoonish and slapstick. And yet, it doesn't shy away from the gruesome side of history. In fact, it glories in it. And it manages to do this without insulting the intelligence of any viewer nor ever feeling like it is a teaching set-up. Often, it is only after watching that you realise they've gone and educated you.
The show is based on a series of books written by Terry Deary, who pops up in cameo roles on a semi-regular basis, and has a permanent cast of six actors who also do a share of writing, singing, and no small amount of dancing. They are; Mat Baynton, Ben Willbond, Laurence Rickard, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas and Simon Farnaby. Each of these has at least one recurring character who they bring to life in their own unique way with my particular favourite being Baynton's portrayal of William Shakespeare as an egotistical blowhard.
It is this irreverent treatment of historical figures and stories that makes Horrible Histories unique and truly educational. We are taught a somewhat airbrushed version of history as kids, which is generally not likely to appeal to children. And as a somewhat childish adult, I have learned a lot more about Caligula from Simon Farnaby's eye-rolling, nostrils-flared portrayal than I ever would have in school. And the recent discovery of Richard III's remains in my adopted home city was given an extra frisson by remembering Howick's magnificent song in the character of the misrepresented Richard.
The six are ably supported by regular cast members such as Larry Lewin (never better than when he represents Oliver Cromwell), Alice Lowe, Sarah Hadland, Dominique Moore and many more besides. There have been relatively few "guest stars", given the show's increasing popularity, although early series saw appearances for David Baddiel and Alexei Sayle, while more recently there have been cameos from Chris Addison, Al Murray and, in one regrettable step, the inclusion of the League of Gentlemen to take on sketches that would have been more suited to Farnaby's fictitious Cliff Whiteley.
Each episode includes a musical piece, which is one way to track the increasing budget the show was given as it gained an audience. The early songs are fairly basic musically and are filmed cheaply. To see what I mean it's probably best to look on YouTube for their Black Death song (series 1) and then for the Henry Tudor song from the fifth and final series, which is laden with effects and musically more complex while still losing none of the charm.
The songs, indeed, are a demonstration of the real talent at work here. They're catchy as stand-alone tunes, but really clever in that most of the later tunes are pastiches of the work of other artists - a Charles Dickens song which beautifully apes the Smiths right down to Baynton's observation of Morrissey's vocal tics and way of moving, a tribute to Mary Seacole (played by Moore) which tells a story well while sending up Beyonce's "Single Ladies". Perhaps my personal favourite is another Baynton work, where he plays Dick Turpin as Adam Ant (Dandy Highwayman, anyone?).
And all of this is barely to mention the original creations, such as the brilliantly observed Bob Hale character written and performed (in one breathless, three-minute take) by Rickard. If you squint, you can just about see Peter Snow in his manic information splurge. It's all held together by the aforementioned talking rat (who was replaced in a few compendium shows for Sunday evening BBC Two by Stephen Fry, and much missed by real fans of the show). They've stopped making it now as the cast and writers move to other projects, but you can still catch regular repeats on CBBC.
And you'd be as mad as Caligula not to take that opportunity.
When I was growing up, I remember having a very battered copy of The Rotten Romans by Terry Deary. It was part of a series called Horrible Histories that managed to teach you history - but "with all the gory bits left in". It was amusing, it was interesting and it was a rather good read (and was read often looking at the state of it!). Years later, I came across a show on CBBC called Horrible Histories. And I couldn't believe my eyes...
Horrible Histories has had two incarnations on CBBC. The first series, released in 2001, was a cartoon based upon the books. This will not be the one I am reviewing (mainly because I don't think I caught that one enough to form an opinion). The second incarnation occurred in 2009. This time the books were portrayed as a live-action sketch show - full of history, comedy, and the occasional sing-song. And they are fantastic. There have now been 4 seasons, which tend to be about 12 episodes long and half an hour each. There are also a couple of spin-offs, but this is the only show I have watched, so I can't and won't talk about them!
The shows cover all periods of history - from the 'Groovy' Greeks to the Vile Victorians, Ruthless Rulers and Rotten Romans - and I'm sure you get the idea. It is based on the books written by Terry Deary, and is very much in that style. The writers and actors ensure that the accurate historical facts are presented, but in such a way that children will enjoy learning (and some adults too!). Interestingly, whilst writing this I found out that as the show has been running so long (it's now filming its fifth season) that it has run out of books. However, the show's writers research more facts and events and ensure they remain true to Deary's style (and their own) when presenting it. Even the talking rat host seems to have fun!
But how do they present it, I hear you ask? Well, a group of comedians - 5 lead men and one lead woman - alongside reoccurring guests perform sketches that portray different facts from different eras. Each show consists of a combination of eras, rather than just focusing on one period of time. The different eras can be presented in different ways - with news reports, dating sites, simple sketches, game show style, and (my personal favourite) musically. There is usually a song in each episode; the best of which are combined into a compilation show at the end of a series they have become that popular. They even performed at the Proms! There are certain sketches or elements that appear regularly - or almost regularly, as there are enough to fill at least two episodes. Another personal favourite is Stupid Deaths. This is where an unfortunate historical character tells the tale of his or her demise to Death - who declares that they are Stupid and are allowed onto the afterlife. The brilliant bit about this is that not only is it true, but sometimes the deaths do cause you to giggle (rightly or wrongly).
I think the wonderful thing about this show is its inventiveness. It has managed to ignite an interest in history - or perhaps a realisation that it's not always as dull as it can seem in school. The cast are wonderful at bringing history to life in different ways, and you can see their enjoyment of the show through their performances, which is always a bonus. A thing to be wary of is that this is history 'with the gory bits left in' - so some younger viewers may find it a little too gory at times. However, they do seem to keep it from going too far; this is a CBBC show after all! But you may just want to watch a few episodes before you let your young one watch it - and you never know, you may end up becoming a fan yourself!
Horrible Histories, as the name suggests, is a comical way for children to look back a few hundred years and see what people had to put up with or how the leaders of the time dealt with the riff raff or how people dealt with certain ailments with some disgusting remedies.
It is a children's TV programme shown on CBBC which has been derived from the books of the same name by Terry Dreary. It has a mixture of cartoons, re-enactments, true or false questions and quizzes, sing along with words on the screen. There is also the narrator which is a puppet rat!
Its purpose is to make history interesting and appealing for children to watch and in fact I enjoy watching it along with them.
We have just watched a programme showing how the Egyptians used mummies for all sorts of things such as crushing them up to use for 'polyfilla' 'Medicine' and 'fuel'. There was also a comical sketch of wife swap between puritans (who banned theatre and thought dancing and singing and anything fun was sinful) and restorations.
The way they do some sketches are a mimic of other shows, like wife swap above and even a Jeremy Kyle type show and even the advert for the show is a mimic of l'oreal advert or similar (I think)
There is usually a scene of stupid deaths where we are told how some people died in unusual and stupid circumstances. There is also Ruthless Rulers showing how merciless rulers had no problem with beheading people at will, or the measly middle ages, the terrible Tudors, rotten Romans and....well you get the picture.
Some of the facts are absolutely ridiculous and at times seem unbelievable but it comes up with a sign at the bottom of the screen saying 'this actually happened' William the conqueror for example, when he died all his belongings were stolen and his body left and rotting away, when they tried to bury him his stomach exploded - yuk!
The way that they come across with the unusual facts and information about things is funny and interesting and it is just like the children are watching a normal child's programme whilst learning without realising! It is also interesting for adults as well and I have found myself learning and being amazed at some of the bizarre things that people got up to centuries and centuries ago.
The actors in this series are brilliant and the series is now available on DVD. I am sure that teachers may use these to grab their student's attention.
As the name suggests this programme and the books are just dealing with the gory and horrible things that happened and sometimes these can be a bit too gruesome and I find myself covering my eyes with amazing disgust comically.
Also another thing that might be annoying with the programme is that they change from one era to another in minutes and so you could be watching about Anglo Saxons one minute and then the ancient Greeks another minute. The books on the other hand have one era in each book.
There have also been horrible histories magazines produced and specials with reference to Cruel crimes and punishments and Cruel Kings and Mean Queens.
I am truly amazed at some of the gruesome things that people had to go through all those years ago, including child labour and capital punishment. Makes me thankful things have evolved haha.
Being sixteen years older than my sister and being very close to her I have had to watch more than my share of children's programmes since being an adult. Some of them I quite enjoy but there's only one that I've actually watched on my own. Horrible Histories.
Horrible Histories is basically a historical programme aimed at children. As you can guess from the title it doesn't shy away from the more unpleasant aspects of history, if anything it actually highlights them. I have to admit that sometimes it's a little bit too horrible for me and I find parts of it quite disgusting but that's really the only criticism I have. It's a television show full of facts delivered in a way that children can understand and remember.
For me as an adult with a history degree it's just an entertaining way of revisiting facts and occasionally learning something new. I'm not saying that every single fact is necessarily historically accurate, I've never noticed anything that was inaccurate but that doesn't mean that it's all correct. Obviously being aimed at children it presents history in a very black and white way but I feel it does so in a way that leaves people open to the possibility that there are different perspectives. Of course a child may not see it in this way.
For children I feel that this is an interesting way for them to learn about history. Many different periods are visited in each episode so it never gets boring and the information seems to be manageable for children.
Most importantly it's entertaining and full of humour.
I would recommend this to anyone, regardless of age.
**All money from this review is going to www.marysmeals.org**


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Bald Eagles, Crater Lake and More
Recently Randy and I headed to the far northern part of California to photograph Bald Eagles. The eagles winter at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge primarily at the Tule Lake Refuge and the Lower Klamath Refuge. We had joined a Meetup, Bay Area Photography Events, for this adventure. A link to a gallery of my images from the adventure is at the bottom of this post.Read More
Monterey Dive – Jellyfish and Anemones
On Saturday I dove with NCUPS at Wharf II. We were a bit concerned because it was the same weekend that the big surfing competition, Mavericks, was scheduled to take place just a little farther north on the coast. But off we went into the water and it was beautiful! The vis was great for under Wharf II and there were jellyfish everywhere!Read More
Visiting and Photographing Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
In 1872 the United States established the first national park in the world, Yellowstone National Park. The main reason for the park's establishment was to protect and preserve the geysers. But the area was also home to an incredible array of wildlife including grizzly bears, bison, elk and wolves. Unfortunately those wolves eventually vanished and by the 1970s, there was no evidence of a wolf population in Yellowstone. In 1995 66 wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone, coming from grey wolf populations in Alberta, Canada. This was highly controversial, and still is. Photographing those wolves was instrumental in our desire to visit Yellowstone.
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Yellowstone National Park – Here We Come!
Going to Yellowstone and where we stayed.
For years, ever since she moved to Colorado five years ago, my friend Chris and I have been talking about going to Yellowstone. Finally in June, I told her this was the year. She still didn't believe me until one day in August I called her up and said "I'm booking airfares to Bozeman today".
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Big Sur, Condors and Point Lobos in the Moonlight
Magic of Point Lobos Photography Competition and Gallery Exhibit
Randy recently won two awards at a juried photography competition, the Magic of Point Lobos. His awards were for Best of Underwater and Best of Wildlife. All of the winning images and some additional images chosen by the judges were invited to take place in a gallery exhibition at the Carmel Art Institute with the opening reception being held on September 28. So Randy printed up his images and on September 28 we headed for Carmel for the reception.
We had a great time at the reception. There were lots of really beautiful photos taken at Point Lobos State Reserve displayed, many of the photographers were there and there was finger food to munch on and wine being poured freely. We ran into some friends there who also had photos in the exhibit and enjoyed talking to them about how more underwater photographers needed to enter and eventually a bunch of us went out to dinner at the Bahama Island Steak House.
California Condors in the Wild!
We were spending the night with our friends Nancy and Scott at their house in Prunedale, and later that night we were talking about what we were going to do the next day before heading to the Moonlight Walk at Point Lobos. Scott mentioned that he had never seen a condor and our adventure was decided upon. The next day we would pack a lunch, hop in the car and head south along Hwy 1 to find condors.
Condors are related to turkey vultures and are still on the edge of extinction even after some extreme measures were taken to help them to survive. In the late 1980's all the wild birds were captured and breeding programs were started in various zoos. Years later Fish and Wildlife biologists began to release birds born in captivity into the wild. Today the population is almost 300 birds, up from a low of 27! Some of the huge birds (approximately 125) are living along Big Sur, at the Pinnacles and in Ventura County and some live in The Grand Canyon and a few in Baja California. They aren't easy to spot in the wild but along the Big Sur coast is one of the best areas to find them.
And we got lucky, we found some condors! They were a few miles south of the Big Sur Inn soaring above highway 1 at a place known as Grimes Point. The fog was still hanging around and would drift in and out sometimes hiding the condors and their turkey vulture cousins from us. The condors are the most graceful and ugly birds I have ever seen. They soar effortlessly on huge wings marked with striking white feathers when viewed from below. But their featherless heads are wrinkled and pinkish red with a small sharp beak, ugly!
After spending some time marveling at the condors and trying to get some photographs we decided to head down to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park to have lunch. We then walked out to the McWay Falls vista point where you can look down at the waterfall and protected cove on one side and north along the wild coastline on the other side. Rocks stained bright white with bird droppings rise out of the blue-green water with waves splashing over the rocks. Patches of kelp float in the water. It is a beautiful place and I encourage everyone who is driving up or down the coast highway along Big Sur to stop and walk out to the point. It is an easy walk and fully accessible.
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve in the Moonlight
Back at Point Lobos we had some time before the Moonlight walk event so we went for a hike. Later, when we arrived at the event we found tables set up with sandwiches, salads and desserts as well as soft drinks, water and a local winery was pouring wine. After dinner Chuck Bancroft, retired Point Lobos ranger, led us out on the new Bird Rock trail. He read poetry at stops on the trail from a book on poetry about Point Lobos by local poets. Randy and I were trying to take long time exposures and slowly fell behind the others. This turned out to be a lucky thing because most of the hike the moon was hidden by the fog. But while we were at the most distant point all by ourselves the moon finally came out of the fog and lit up the rocks for us. Up to that point it had been really hard to focus as it was too dark for autofocus to work and looking through a tiny viewfinder and focusing manually at night can be difficult also. But having the light from the moon helped and we got some interesting images!
Most of my images ended up being a bit soft but it was a lot of fun! A gallery of the images from the weekend is in my Recent Images gallery.
More information on Condors and Point Lobos:
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It's every twentysomething's worst nightmare that one day they'll wake up and discover that they've morphed into lame office drones, a premise that, more or less, drives NBC's latest addition to their Thursday-night lineup, Perfect Couples, which follows three well-off couples just settling into their freshly minted yuppie lifestyles. The series has a decent cast, a solid premise, and it's in the middle of the best block of comedy on television; how, then, did the show turn out to be so woefully bland?
Perfect Couples is as Wonder bread as they come—an aimless mass that's utterly devoid of flavor, filled with such broadly drawn characters that you start to forget who they are while they're still on the screen. Each couple fulfills a distinct stereotype: there's the feisty, wild pair (David Walton and Mary Elizabeth Ellis), the over-counseled know-it-alls (Hayes MacArthur and Olivia Munn), and the everyday normos (Kyle Bornheimer and Christine Woods). They're walking, talking caricatures, almost as if the show's creators thought that if by keeping the characters loosely defined, the audience would find them more relatable, but it prevents the cast from developing more nuanced personalities for their roles.
Still, Perfect Couples isn't beyond redemption. The second episode drastically improves over the utterly forgettable, pasty mush of a pilot, indicating that the series might be capable of doing something other than rehasing the "Hey! We're in our 30s!" routine ad nauseam. At the start of the second episode, reformed fratty Rex (MacAthur) finds out that his wife, Leigh (Munn), will be leaving the house for the evening, allowing him the opportunity for some much-needed man time. The second the front door clicks, he scours the house for all of the forbidden joys that once made him whole. Rex works himself up into such a frenzy frantically amassing a heap of junk food, booze, and war movies that he can't seem to figure out just what to do with. When his wife returns early, he's relieved that he no longer has to think for himself or figure out what he likes anymore. The bit is a funny, smart commentary on the fractured mindset of a married man struggling to maintain some sense of identity. Too bad it only lasts for about 30 seconds.
Another stretch of the show's second episode is dedicated to Rex's newly completed man cave, a den of hedonism where wifely rules and judgment don't apply. The room's atmosphere of forced good times initially makes his friends uneasy; it's not until they realize the room represents an escape hatch from the mounting responsibilities and concerns of adulthood that they start to embrace it. As Rex, whose reverence of "the cave" borders on the religious, starts coolly doling out 40s to his depressed, anxiety-ridden friends, the show's promise starts to bubble to the surface, but it vanishes almost as quickly as youth itself.


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Melanie and Daniel, my daughter and son.
Rafael, my lovely husband.
María Elena, my dear mother.
Marisela and Andrés
Analy and Eduardo
Odin and Mónica
And my other sisters and brother: Ellen, Sara and Guillermo
And Guillermo, Leonardo, Andrés, Marcos, Ricardo, Daniel and
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Kevin W. Warne
Kevin W. Warne, 53, of Nisswa, Minn., passed away Monday, July 8, 2013, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd, Minn.
Kevin was greatly loved and will be dearly missed by family and friends. He loved anything with a motor and power, cars, trucks and motorcycles.
He is survived by his father, Marvin Warne of Nisswa; brother, Todd (Jenny) Warne of Foreston, Minn.; sister, Kari (Paul) Chambers of Ham Lake, Minn.; nieces and nephews, Skylar, Sheyenne, Dalton, Delaney, Justin and Joshua.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Gladys Warne, and brother, Butch Warne.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 11, at Kline Funeral Home, Pequot Lakes, Minn. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the objective of the world must be the "annihilation" of Israel.
Ahmadinejad met Wednesday with ambassadors from Muslim countries to convey his wishes for the holy month of Ramadan.
Much of his speech, according to IRNA, the official Iranian news agency, focused on what Ahmadinejad described as Zionist control of the world, which he said stretched back 400 years.
"The president pointed out that in order to evolutionize the status of the world, decision-making is needed, the forces must get united, and their ultimate objective must be the annihilation of the Zionist regime," IRNA reported.
"The Zionist regime is both the symbol of the hegemony of the Zionism over the world and the means in the hand of the oppressor powers for expansion of their hegemony in the region and in the world," the news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Rising from the Ashes
Some say the glass is half-full, others say it's half-empty. Really, there's just a glass with some liquid in it. (Preferably a full-bodied shiraz).
I'm a realist. And I've been thinking (bad habit) about people who have novels stuffed in a drawer somewhere. I'm of the opinion that most stories can be salvaged in some form or another, but it might takes years to get that novel to the point where an agent would really look at it. By then the story might be (maybe should be) unrecognizable from its first draft, but it was saved from the drawer.
Now I want to know- what makes a person decide a novel really can't see the light of day? Can most books be reborn from the ashes?
Painting by me, inspired by the throne room of the palace at Knossos.
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- Vicki Tremper said...
Beautiful painting! I loved Knossos - what a wonderful inspiration.
I don't like to stuff any manuscript in a drawer for good. I always think I'll come back to it some day when I have time. And maybe I will.
- February 27, 2011 at 8:39 PM
- Stephanie Thornton said...
Vicki- I wanted to paint the Phoenix on our wall, but my husband convinced me to put it on canvas. I loved the murals at Knossos!
I've got one MS stuffed in a file on my laptop, but know I'll go back to it someday- it's not even finished.
- February 27, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Anne Gallagher said...
I think stuffed-drawer ms.'s can be resurrected, providing you've grown as a writer and can see and find all the flaws in it. I have 2 under the bed (because the drawers are full of old clothes I may someday be able to resurrect. You know how everything comes back into fashion after 20 years or so.)lol
- February 28, 2011 at 3:32 AM
- J. L. Jackson said...
Nice painting Stephanie!
I shelved my first novel, but I do plan to come back to it one day. I love the characters and the story, but my skills are still being developed.
- February 28, 2011 at 4:02 AM
- Liza said...
My first novel hasn't made it to a drawer yet...though it is resting patiently at the side of my desk. I'm going to try to get through #2 before going back to it. Then the hard work begins. Is it salvageable? We'll see.
- February 28, 2011 at 4:17 AM
- Sarah McCabe said...
Everything is salvageable. I think the "common wisdom" that your first efforts will always be terrible and must therefore be trunked is a stupid and damaging assumption.
- February 28, 2011 at 4:48 AM
- VR Barkowski said...
Stunning image!
I agree with you, most manuscripts can be reborn. I can't imagine shoving a full ms in a drawer and forgetting about it unless I could no longer bear the sight of it, or it wasn't the right time for the market. I don't write casually. Every word is scrutinized, every sentence examined under a magnifier, every CP comment carefully considered. I trust if there were fundamental structural problems, I'd know long before typing The End.
- February 28, 2011 at 6:37 AM
- Shannon O'Donnell said...
I agree with you. I have no novels in a drawer, but I struggle to imagine what would lead me to believe a story is unsalvageable. :-)
- February 28, 2011 at 7:28 AM
- Taryn Tyler said...
Shiraz! yum.
I think a manuscript can no longer be salvaged when the writer's heart is no longer in it. Someimes its just time to move on. Still, that doesn't mean it should be thrown away. Sometimes you're just not ready to write that particular book yet.
- February 28, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- Amalia T. said...
For me, when it comes to old stuff, I find that I've rewritten it, in pieces and parts, in other books-- so there's no real point in going back to the original story and rewriting it again into its own book because I've already covered that territory. My first novel was a variation on a theme that I'd been exploring since high school-- and it came out just fine, but it isn't perfect. I don't think it's good enough to compel me to go back to it and make it strong enough to sell, at this point. Partly because it is outside of the genre I am focusing on trying to write, and partly because I'm already addressing a lot of the same themes in other books. Do I still love to go back and read it? Yeah! And there are some scenes in that novel that will always haunt me. But maybe I'll find a way to translate them into something else later!
- February 28, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Nate Wilson said...
I don't care if the glass is half-full or half-empty, as long as the half that remains still has rum in it.
Novel-wise, I think some are too far gone to be salvaged, but it's rare. I do have one (unfinished) tale where the plot (in retrospect) is a horrendous mess, and it's not original enough (or good enough, compared to my other ideas) to try to work out the kinks. When I find the right story for them I'll pluck two of the characters from the ashes, but nothing else is worth saving. Not every bird can be a phoenix.
- February 28, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- Valerie Geary said...
Beautiful picture!
I think the only person who can really decide whether a novel should ever see the light of day is the writer who wrote that novel. Most books can be reborn, but they might need a lot more effort than the writer's willing to put in. Thus, no light of day. I have 1 novel like that...I'm not passionate enough about it to want to work hard. The others, I sill dream about every now and again...how they might some day be gloriously resurrected.
- February 28, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Paul Greci said...
If you love the premise of your story you can always take that and start completely over with it.
(I did this with my first WIP.)
- March 1, 2011 at 4:03 AM
- WritingNut said...
Beautiful painting! :) I'm still working on revisions of my first novel... I hope I don't have to shelve this one. But I think it's a gut feeling... it depends on the individual--you usually know if something is working or not.
- March 1, 2011 at 6:07 PM
- Lynda R Young said...
I think if the writer has a passion for the novel, then it can be saved. I have two novels sitting in the drawer and I probably won't try to save them. There are other stories calling me, begging to be born into the world.
- March 2, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Lydia K said...
I'm going to probably salvage something from my shelved novel (#1). I think that most novels could see the light of day, it just depends on how much work the writer is willing or not to do to make it so.
- March 2, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- Libbie H. said...
GORGEOUS painting!
I do think that books which have a solid core of story at their heart can be saved as craft improves. Some stories are inherently flawed in their structure (usually by not having a compelling conflict) but most, I think, are sound. What's typically lacking is the just-right combination of prose, technical structuring, and characterization. Which one learns to do by reading a LOT of very good writing, and studying it. :)
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1st Birthday Cake Ideas
When it comes to creating the 1st birthday cake, it is all about something funny and exciting, making sure that your kid would cherish only the best memories for the future (from the pictures of course ;-) .
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Other Kids Birthday Cakes:
Slowly, your kids would start growing up and their cake demands would increase. My little nephew cannot get enough of superhero and insists that all kids birthday cake should have special superhero characters on them. I guess that is how kids are nowadays, so you should keep the cartoon and superhero ideas in mind as your first preference.
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The designs should reflect some aspect of the baby and it is best to keep the color white or soft pink for a subtle touch. Toppers once again come in handy when designing baby shower cakes and you can reshuffle the design to create an eye catching effect. I saw the most beautiful pattern in one of my friend's baby shower parties and took a picture. It's still there on the gallery if you want to have a look.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Anyone in the U.S. can use the app, but it hits close to home in Colorado.
"Think about how your life was if you were affected by the floods and fires of last year. Are you better off now? Because you can be," said Bill Fortune, with the American Red Cross.
Disaster experts from around the world have put together this brand new flood app.
"This could actually save your life," said Fortune.
It gives you instant access to local and real-time information. So you know what to do before, during and after a flood.
"Think about what you would do during a disaster go to this app. It will help you talk through those steps and help design a kit for you and your family. We know that about 85 percent of the American population is not ready for a natural disaster on any given day," said Fortune.
Critical action steps are all ready on your phone, and you don't even have to have internet access. The app even has a toolkit with flashlight, strobe light and audible alarm to let others know where you are.
"It allows you to connect to people. It allows you to say I'm okay to your family," said Fortune.
But don't wait for disaster to strike to open the new app. It's designed to prepare you and help you survive.
"It might take you 15 minutes, 20 minutes to build a kit that's good enough to you to evacuate your home. But do it now, don't wait until the smoke is coming in your house or the water is rising, do it now. We have to be ready and the Red Cross goal for Colorado is to be the best prepared state in the nation," said Fortune.
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here is the pillow as an actual pillow!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
here is the pillow as an actual pillow!
Beautiful. Your sister will love it.
I love your work I want to do a quillow but never been able to figure out the trick of folding it into pillow. I know it must be a no brainer and thats Y am stuck:)....No brains.:)
I'm just now got a quillow pattern and am in process of picking fabrics for it.....I have never made one before.
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SECCA @ The Tree Farm
The Prep:
Ok, so we are on for next Saturday's SECCA Harescramble down near Maplesville, Al. The Tree Farm Harescramble. Fast place to ride, unless it is like last year where it rained heavy just before the 2nd moto! Wow, that make it very interesting. Anywho, the weather is supposed to be cool & pretty much dry!
Currently my bike is kinda taken apart, mostly the front end. Had to pull off the forks & triple clamps. The neck bearings were binding up. I have noticed this getting worse over the past couple months. Sure enough, the top bearings were dry, a scored, and coated. Maybe coated with rust, but I will reserve my comment there. I have cleaned the bearings, greased them and put the triple clamps back on.
I have to check the front fork oil levels. Never under estimate the power of fork oil levels. Anywho, am needing to stop typing on this blog and get my butt into the shed and finish up my bike.
Ok, only took me like 20 minutes and I have topped off the oil levels in both forks. Seals must still be ok, as I didn't have to much at all. This is a good thing. Put the forks back onto the triple clamps. For an '06 YZ250F top pinch bolts 23Nm and the bottom pinch bots tighten to 20Nm. Take a note of it and don't forget it. As I am sure I will need to know this pretty soon and will have to look it up again! UGH! Stupid memory losing brain.
All that is left now is to tighten the triple camp top bolt, put the handle bars back on, oil up a new air filter, put it in, and put the seat back on. Oh, I have recently purchased two No-Toil air filters and the bio-degradable cleaner, oil, and grease. Love this stuff. You throw the dirty filters in the washing machine, when the wife isn't looking, put in 1/2 cup of dry detergent and a 1/2 cup of No-Toil detergent, and wash with cold water. In like 15 minutes you have very clean filters. Love it!
Ok, done for the day. Need to hang out by the pool & drink a few cold ones with the wife. Hmmm, Life is getting pretty good. Dirt bikes, great weather, colds ones, and a beautiful lady hanging out at the pool. Could it get better, you bet…but that is ok. 2nd place isn't so bad. LOL!!!
9/23/12: Got the front wheel and handle bars all situated back on the bike. Cleaned out the air box, but it really didn't need it, and then oiled up an air filter with rim grease and put that puppy on. Seat is back in place now. Really the only thing left is to put chain wax on the chain and put new tare-offs on the goggles. Riding gear is already clean and in the travel bag. Now just gotta wait like 5 1/2 days…
9/28/12: Ok, it is the day before race day, or DBRD as I like to think of it. Bike is ready and everything. Looks as if Phillip Harris and I are going to ride down to Billingsly, Al together. Makes sense, seeing we both leave very close to each other.
As for the expected weather, there is a 30% chance of rain down there on Saturday. This might be a good thing, as the Tree Farm is pretty sandy and in dry conditions, it gets pretty dusty. With a rain, the trails are perfect! I recall last year the trails were wet from the previous days rain and then it rained on us at the start of the 2nd moto.
Yeah it was heavy rain and the goggles were pretty much useless, but the trails held up good. This go-around, I don't expect that much rain, but if it all comes down at one time, who knows.
Race Day:
Race day started real early. Woke up around 5:ooam and Phillip arrived around 5:30am. We had my bike and gear packed in 15 minutes, I brought a thermos full of coffee and off we went. When we arrived, which we arrived 2 hours early, which seems too early, but it does give you time to get settled in and to allow the butterflies to slow down. I was a fairly cool morning, but much like the Chickenhouse race, the humidity was way up there.
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My 29-yr-old daughter is a 36DD and wants to have reduction down to an A cup. Is that feasible? She would rather have a double mastectomy than have breasts larger than A. She has been planning on this surgery for many years.
Breast Reduction from 36DD to an A?
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It really couldn't be done
You really couldn't make a DD an A. Why? Because a DD breast has a very wide diameter. The base diameter of a breast gets narrowed somewhat in a reduction, but it can't be narrowed enough such that an A bra cup would fit, even if you reduced the volume enough so that there were almost no projection, it would still be so wide that pracdtically speaking it would require a larger bra.
The best thing an augmentation patient can do for herself is to leave the concept of bra sizes at the door when she sees her plastic surgeon. She should select an implant that optimally fills her breast envelope, neither overfilling and stretching it, nor underfilling it so that the breast is not proportionately augmented.
Similarly, a reduction patient should want the surgeon to reduce her to the size which creates the best shape for her body.
Breast Reduction and Small Cup Size Result?
Thank you for the question.
It is possible to reduce the breasts size very significantly. Sometimes when patients want "almost nothing left" the reduction should be done in 2 stages. The concern with the amount of tissue removed is related to blood flow to the remaining tissue; if too much tissue is removed in one operation the blood flow to the remaining tissue (including nipple/areola) may be compromised. Part of the tissue that is left in place is called the "pedicle"; this segment of tissue is responsible for delivering the blood supply to the nipple/areola tissue. If the pedicle is made too small (in the effort to reduce the breasts as much as possible) then patient will likely have problems with tissue survival. Doing the procedure in more than one stage allows the tissues to acclimate to the surgically decreased blood flow before further tissue removal (and potentially further decreased blood flow) occurs ( with the 2nd stage operation).
The other concern with overly aggressive breast reduction surgery is patient dissatisfaction afterwards. It is not unusual for patients who have lived with very large breasts to want to have as much as possible removed. Care must be taken to be judicious in this removal to avoid an outcome where the breasts are too small in relation (proportionately) to the patient's other body parts. Again, it is not uncommon, for patients' breasts to become smaller ( after the breast reduction procedure) with time and/or weight loss- breast augmentation may become necessary to achieve the patient size goals.
I hope this helps.
Web reference: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/procedure_breastreduction.htm
Large cup size change after breast reduction surgery
A large change in your cup size is possible after a breast reduction surgery you should proceed with a great deal of caution. When discussing your concerns and your post reduction goals with your plastic surgeon, keep in mind that you will want a balanced appearance after surgery. Make sure that the final cup size you select will be balanced with your hips and waist to create a pleasing figure. Also keep in mind that the larger reduction may require more extensive incisions and scarring.
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I wouldn't try to go that small for breast reduction
Extreme breast reduction, like a mastectomy, is kind of a "one way street." I would recommend to preserve the sensation and the shape of the breast and reduce it within those parameters via a conventional breast reduction operation.
The choice she is considering is not one she may be able to easily reverse later should she desire to do so.
Extreme breast reduction
Thanks for your question -
Such a dramatic change is possible but not without consequences that would make most plastic surgeons defer to treat her.
A breast reduction from a DD to an A cup is unlikely to leave enough tissue to keep the nipple/areola complex alive. This means the nipple and areola would need to be removed and put on as a skin graft. This would mean that they would be insensate, the patient would not be able to breast feed and some patients can experience depigmentation (changes in color).
In addition, it would be very difficult to get a good cosmetic result from such a large reduction.
A careful discussion with a plastic surgeon regarding why she would like such a large reduction should take place. The most common reason for breast reductions are to improve neck and back pain, reduce shoulder grooving and intertrigo (rashes and infections in the folds) and to improve shape. All of these could be achieved with a more reasonable sized reduction.
I hope this helps.
Not a Good Idea!
This magnitude of a change is drastic and would probably not be proportional to her body. She should consider being reduced to a size that is in proportion to her body and maybe slightly smaller. This will alleviate her symptoms and make her look much better.
Pondering mastectomies instead of being larger than an A cup is alarming. There may be some issues here that need to be explored!
Breast reduction to an A cup is not likely
Many who seek breast reduction would like to be as small as possible and I frequently hear from patients who would like to be a B-cup, or perhaps a small C-cup. The key to reduction of the breast is preservation of the circulation and sensation within the nipple as the breast is reduced, and preserving the shape or aesthetics of the breast. Shape is very important and after reduction the breast should be pretty to look at.
The skin remaining after reduction will only contract to a certain degree and also the base diameter of the breast must be considered. Therefore is is very possible that after a even a large reduction the breast may still fit into a D-cup. For some a C-cup is possible if the chest is small. This may disappoint but my own experience, and some large studies have shown these results to hold true.
We have seen some patients who have been over reduced in an attempt to reach a very small cup, though these results can be very upsetting. If your daughter would really prefer double mastectomy I would suggest very careful consultation, and perhaps counseling to explore her feelings and motivations.
Best of luck,
Web reference: http://www.peterejohnsonmd.com/breast-reduction
Drastic change
It isn't that women who have breast reductions are all by and large very happy with their change we try to keep some proportion. I would recommend that she pick a local board-certified plastic surgeon to have a consultation with to review her options. When a women comes in to see me basically stating that they want mastectomies, this is a concern and she may want to seek some counselling prior to any surgery. This doesn't mean that she could be a good candidate for breast reduction but proper care must be taken before embarking down the path to surgery.
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Probably not in her best interests...
Hi there-
One of the primary considerations in breast reduction surgery is maintenance of the blood flow to the remaining breast tissue and nipple. With greater tissue removal, there is a greater risk of losing blood supply and therefore losing the remaining breast tissue and nipple to necrosis. The alternative of removing the nipple and replacing it as a free skin graft at the conclusion of the procedure exists, but I would never recommend this to a young woman, as all nipple sensation and function would be lost.
I think that it would be much better to reduce her breasts to a size which provides both the symptomatic improvement she desires, while maintaining a feminine and natural appearance. The only thing worse than breasts which are too large, would be to end up with breasts which are too small and the need to place implants later (!).
Breast Lift and Reduction in size
Dear Wondering Mom, Breast Lift and reduction in size is an excellent procedure and patients who have had symptoms for years do very well. A complete consult with the risks of the procedure is necessary and perhaps some photos of what shape/size your daughter would like would be helpful for the surgeon.
With Warm Regards,
Trevor M Born MD
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1. Ratatouille, 2007
This animated tale about a food-obsessed rat who teams up with a clueless garbage boy to restore the reputation of a once-great Parisian restaurant may be the most precisely rendered depiction of a professional kitchen of all time. Thanks to meticulous research, drawn from cooking classes, field trips to famed kitchens in France and such esteemed culinary consultants as Guy Savoy and Thomas Keller, the film nails every tiny detail - from fancy wrist flips to the discriminatory gender politics behind the copper-bottomed pans.
Gastro highlight: The rarefied ratatouille, a slow-roasted vegetable confit delectably fanned out accordion-style, which wins the crusty heart of food critic Anton Ego.
Gastro lowlight: Disbelief can only be suspended so far. There is no food critic in the world who would so casually order a 1947 Cheval Blanc, which sells for about $14,000 a bottle.
2. Eat Drink Man Woman, 1994
Director Ang Lee deserves a culinary Oscar for this mouth-watering film about a master Taiwanese chef who slaves over his "Sunday night torture ritual," as his three grown daughters call the elaborate family dinners. Unlike most food flicks, which lazily rely on quick cut before-and-after cooking shots, this smorgasbord of Chinese delights gives all the grunt work of chopping, poaching and frying their own exhilarating close-ups.
Gastro highlight: The opening scene follows a fish on its entire journey from water bucket to serving platter, building a hearty appetite as it is realistically killed with two chop sticks through the eyes, scaled, gutted, scored, dusted in flour, blanched and steamed.
Gastro lowlight: Taking pity on a young family friend whose divorced mother can't cook to save her life, chef Chu begins swapping lunches with the school girl (and finishes every last flavourless bite). How heartbreaking to see this passionate gourmet gnawing on dry, gristly spareribs.
3. Babette's Feast, 1987
A tour de force for the taste buds set in 19th-century Denmark, where a Parisian exile delivers a magnificent French meal to the simple home of two pious spinster sisters. The detail devoted to the preparation and devouring of this transcendent repast allows us to overlook the egregious historical error of making a woman the head chef in a high-society restaurant.
Gastro highlight: The entire climactic dinner scene, which cuts back and forth between the kitchen and the table. The camera closes in on Babette's hands as she cuts rounds of puff pastry and stuffs quail with foie gras, then later turns to an astonished guest as he crunches into the little bird's head and enthusiastically sucks out its brains.
Gastro lowlight: The melodramatic nightmare caused by a hissing soup-bound turtle.
4. Big Night, 1996
Two immigrant brothers running a restaurant in 1950s New Jersey are having trouble convincing their philistine customers that there's more to Italian food than spaghetti and meatballs. Nearly bankrupt, they decide to risk everything on a huge feast for a special guest. Skilled cooking takes centre stage throughout the film, but the final, uninterrupted take of the younger brother silently preparing a simple omelette easily ranks as one of the most profound - and authentically culinary - moments in foodie cinema.
Gastro highlight: The woman sprawled on top of the table smoking a cigarette at the end of the big night perfectly captures the blissful post-coital feeling that an extravagant meal with good friends and great music can induce. Gastro lowlight: The timpano, a deep-dish pie that includes layers of pasta, salami, provolone, meatballs, egg and tomato sauce is the star of the film. But would a chef who considers his food "the bread of angels" really resort to this home-style, peasant dish for such an important occasion? Although impressive to look at, timpano isn't any more difficult to make than lasagna.
5. Julie & Julia, 2009
The delightful new comedy intertwines the true stories of Julia Child, the legendary cookbook author and television personality, and Julie Powell, a 30-year-old "renegade foodie" from Queens, N.Y., who blogged her way to fame while attempting to cook all 524 recipes in Ms. Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. But aside from the occasional glimpse of dimpled trussed chickens and burnt boeuf bourguignon, there are surprisingly few cooking scenes. Meryl Streep, who plays Ms. Child, obviously spent more time practising her pitch-perfect vocal impersonation than her kitchen skills. Even after her character has supposedly aced the technique of dicing onions, she still wields her chef's knife like an axe.
Gastro highlight: A toss-up between Julia's squeals of delight during the tableside deboning of a beautifully browned sole meunière and Julie's screams of horror when three thermidor-bound lobsters refuse to go quietly into a pot of boiling water.Report Typo/Error


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We're in the throes of spring. 80's to 40's. Beautiful, warm sun to chilly rains. Unlike the weather, our love for cars doesn't change. The objects of our auto-affection may change but the love remains. The weather is holding strong for Saturday morning. Through the morning hours, expect mostly cloudy skies and temps in the upper 40's. Now that's good weather for coffee. When cars breathe cooler air, its also better for performance. Double bonus.
Through 3 events, the transition from the arrival of numerous manufacturer caravans to a more accurate level of participation has been made. The first 2 events featured rows of similar vehicles while the 3rd brought true, individual variety...and more of the expected look of our gatherings as we move forward. With an increase in manufacturer-specific activity through the warmer months, we'll see less of the caravans but we'll certainly host them from time to time. Among the showstoppers on April 14 were a '66 Ferrari 275 GTS Pininfarina, a BMW Isetta, a Triumph TR3B, a DeSoto Adventurer and a De Tomaso Pantera. Impressive vehicles and impressive people resulted in a memorable gathering.
When the Saturday morning merits, bring your classic, exotic, luxury or modded cars. Bring your family and friends. Bring your cameras. The official event time is 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Arrive at your leisure...for its the weekend after all. Pick up your coffee from Caribou Coffee, Panera Bread or Chick-fil-A and settle into your parking space in the Best Buy parking lot. If unfamiliar with the general parking layout, please refer to the attached graphic. I hope to see you there!
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Here's a few closing notes on other upcoming events...
Tomorrow (as well as every 4th Friday of the month), check out Motor Menders Rod & Custom Club Cruise Nights! From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., you'll see hundreds of custom vehicles on display at this free event. Rain dates, if necessary, will be the following Friday. The PA Dutch Market's address is 12025 Susquehanna Trail in Glen Rock, PA. I'll be checking out the classics and spreading the word about our event. If it fits your schedule, I hope to see you there!
Here's a reminder for Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Alfa Romeo owners. In the planning stage for Hunt Valley Cars & Coffee, I visited Richard Garre from Radcliffe Motorcars in Reisterstown. Richard and his team have the knowledge and passion that is critical to be highly-trusted service providers. Check
for details on the 5th Annual Vintage Ferrari All Italian Car Event. Its set for May 5 and gates open at 9 a.m. The Hunt Valley Cars & Coffee All Italians crew has the option of meeting early at Hunt Valley Towne Centre then taking the cruise to Reisterstown to see these truly special and treasured vehicles.
Spread the word about all of the events. We hope to see you at Hunt Valley Towne Centre on Saturday morning!
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Ever since the days leading up to Egypt's July 3 military coup, an extreme form of secular nationalism has been rising there. In all countries, and particularly in this one, ultra-nationalism can sometimes lead to worship of the military and popular organization around a strong, centralized ruler. Egyptian nationalists are prone to both in the case of Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, the former defense minister who led the coup and is no Egypt's de facto leader.
There have been many shows of Sissi worship in the last few months; see these photos of the pro-Sissi posters, banners and other sorts of iconography that have popping up around the country, of which this banner is my favorite. But a column today in Al Ahram Weekly, a sub-section of Egypt's most widely read newspaper, seems to take Sissi-mania to its unnerving if logical conclusion. Here are a few snips:
He stands straight and tall, impeccably attired and starched from head to toe. His freshly washed countenance and youthful zeal shield a Herculean strength and nerves of steel. He wears the feathers of a dove but has the piercing eyes of a hawk. During our thousand days of darkness, dozens of potential leaders pranced and boasted, to no avail. The leader of the people should combine a love of country, a deep faith in God and the desire to serve the nation's will.
... Whatever else is going on in the rest of this vast universe, this much is certain — Al-Sisi has captured the imagination of all Egyptians, if not all the world.
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Yes, the Eagle had landed.
His bronzed, gold skin, as gold as the sun's rays, hides a keen, analytical fire within. He challenges the world not with bellows and bravura but with a soft, sombre reproach, with an audible timbre of compassion.
There is almost poetry in his leadership, but the ardour of the sun is in his veins. He will lead us to victory and never renounce the struggle, and we will be right there at his side.
The column, by writer Lubna Abdel Aziz, casts Sissi as a global hero and savior for the July 3 coup. The language might be unusually overheated but the core message here is actually not so uncommon: of deifying praise for military rulers, condemnation of the Muslim Brotherhood as fifth-column enemies of the state and vociferous approval of not just the July coup but the ensuing crackdown on pro-Brotherhood protesters that claimed hundreds of civilian lives. Acclaimed Egyptian novelist Alaa al-Aswani raised eyebrows with an August column that was seen as endorsing state violence and advocating an absolute fealty to the military, as many secular Egyptian writers have been doing. So the above column might be over-the-top, but it's far from an uncommon view of things.
In August, as Egyptian nationalism hardened, worried Egypt-watchers warned that the country's "liberals" were becoming unwitting pawns in the military's efforts to retake control. Some even compared the ultra-nationalism to the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe. Columns like this one from Al Ahram are a reminder that these attitudes are only deepening.


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Reading Rainbow is coming back, on computers and in the classroom. As of today, a Kickstarter to bring the show back has raised more than double its initial goal of $1 million. That's enough cash to bring the educational program back as a cross-platform app, complete with a digital library, interactive resources, and virtual field trips—and to offer it for free to cash-strapped schools.
Hosted by actor LeVar Burton (aka Star Trek's Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), Reading Rainbow ran on PBS from 1983 through 2006, and for another three years in reruns, garnering a Peabody and a staggering 26 Emmys, and leaving an indelible impression on generations of kids. Burton continued to advocate for childhood literacy, and in 2012, Reading Rainbow returned as an iPad app. By January of this year, it was the No. 1 educational and kids' app for iPad. With the new Kickstarter, Burton wants to extend the app's reach, making it platform-agnostic and putting it in the hands of kids without access to tablets or computers at home.
There's something a little sad about seeing Reading Rainbow on Kickstarter—even if, as Burton points out, the program has always been made possible by the support of viewers. At the same time, though, its success is a striking commentary on both the project's continuing relevance—and the joint power of nostalgia and altruism.
"The fact that so many people have become a part of this, and are donating $1, $5, $10—this is, I believe, a response to the need for people to feel like they can make a difference," Burton wrote in a Reddit AMA earlier today. "It's been interesting, because along this journey we have heard from many people in terms of our business model—do you think Reading Rainbow is still relevant? Yesterday proved beyond the shadow of a doubt the relevancy of Reading Rainbow's mission."
The Reading Rainbow Kickstarter will be active through July 2. Check out Burton's reaction to the campaign hitting its $1 million goal in the video below.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Funding for a £90m Macclesfield shopping centre is uncertain as planners ponder the scheme.
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