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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
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Darren knew better.
After all, the boy has all the tools he needs to make good, solid decisions for himself. He's tight with his parents. He gets good grades. He's got a decent sense of right and wrong.
And he's mostly responsible.
That's why it'd be tempting to blame the whole convoluted adventure on Steve, Darren's slightly delinquent best friend. Steve—a guy with a bad home life, a worse attitude and an unhealthy fixation on the undead—really wants to go to a shady performance called Cirque du Freak. Darren, grounded, tells Steve he can't go. But Steve goads him, telling him he's a big Mama's boy.
"You do care about what [your parents] say," Steve sneers. "You do whatever they say."
Darren gives in. And that evening he and Steve find themselves "entertained" by a menagerie of "differently abled" people. There's the man with two stomachs who constructs a small bicycle inside his belly, vomits it up and rides it off the stage. There's a wolf-like creature who tears the arm off someone in the audience. (The spectator's a planted "freak" who's able to grow limbs back in the space of a standard commercial break.)
And then there's the mysterious spider charmer Larten Crepsley and his largish eight-legged co-star, Madame Octa. Steve swears this guy's not simply a Siegfried & Roy wannabe. He's sure he's seen Crepsley's picture before—in a book about the undead.
Steve and Darren linger after the show. And Darren takes a liking to Octa. He decides to "borrow" her, but before he can spirit the spider away, he hears some very bizarre conversations—including one in which Steve begs Crepsley to turn him into a vampire.
No dice, Crepsley says. He says Steve's blood "tastes of evil," and if there's one thing Crepsley can't stand, it's an evil vampire. So he sends the disappointed lad away. And Darren, seeing his chance to escape, runs off with Octa.
Alas, Darren takes the highly poisonous spider to school with him. And, naturally, the critter escapes. Next thing you know, Steve's been bitten and plunges into a coma.
There is an antidote, but Crepsley won't give it to Darren unless the lad leaves his life behind and becomes his assistant. Oh, and he'll need to become part vampire, too.
"It's a lonely life," Crepsley admits. "But there's lots of it."
Positive Elements
Darren makes some pretty boneheaded decisions on his way to becoming The Vampire's Assistant. But his selfless move to give up his nice life in order to save his best friend reeks of honorable sacrifice. And while the decision leads to some tragic consequences—one of the biggies being the need to "die"—he tries to mitigate that as best he can. Before he embarks on his new life, Darren hops onto his parents' bed and tells them how much he loves them and what good guardians they've been.
Once he changes, Darren tries to fight his growing desire to drink blood. Though Crepsley informs him that "true" vampires never kill the people on whom they feed and that Darren will (really) die if he doesn't sup soon, he still fights the urge. When his main squeeze, Rebecca, offers him a bit of her blood so he can gather strength, Darren demurs, telling her he's still holding on to "whatever's still making me human."
"It's not what you are," Rebecca tells him. "It's who you are." The implication, in the context of the film, is obvious: It doesn't matter whether you're a "freak" to others. What matters are the decisions you make and how you treat people. And for teens—almost all of whom feel a little freaky at times—that's a pretty positive message.
Spiritual Content
Traditional religion is practically nonexistent here, sequestered to a church funeral, a glimpse of a decorative cross and a makeshift crucifix. (When Darren presses two of his fingers in the shape of a cross at Crepsley, the gesture has no effect.)
And Cirque du Freak's vampires feel strangely naturalistic. Crepsley is neither otherworldly beautiful (scars cover his face) or preternaturally young. (In the books upon which the movie is based, vampires age and eventually die, but they do so at a far slower rate.) They may be stronger and move faster than humans can, and they're also far hardier, but they can be killed with normal weapons. They are not (it's suggested) necessarily set apart from God: They're just different.
In this world there's really no God—not a Christian God, at least—to be set apart from. In the 12-book series Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan, vampires typically shed their previous religions and come to believe that their souls will be reincarnated as wolves. This underlying theology does not appear in the movie, though Crepsley may hint at it.
"Life may be meaningless," he says, "but death I still have hope for."
Elsewhere, Darren and Steve are courted by the mysterious Mr. Tiny, a corpulent, oozily friendly man who can see the future and dabbles in the fates of souls (whatever that means). Tiny hints that Darren and Steve both have an important destiny to fulfill. And he says he hopes to bring about the apocalypse by rekindling a war between vampires and the ze (vampires who kill their victims).
[Spoiler Warning] When folks around Tiny die, he seems to have the ability to resurrect them as gnome-like creatures who do his bidding.
The beautiful Madame Truska also receives glimpses of the future.
Sexual Content
When Crepsley visits Darren's house, he picks up some magazines and comments on the "interesting reading material."
"I thought this was on the Internet now," he says.
"Mine's blocked," Darren responds.
Crepsley and Truska are an item, and Truska—often dressed in cleavage-revealing gowns—sprouts a full beard when aroused. "Your mouth says no, but your beard says yes," Crepsley says as he kisses her.
A Cirque du Freak performer kisses Darren, then slaps him, telling him he's not her type. Darren shares a small smooch with Rebecca.
Violent Content
Cirque du Freak sets the stage for a full-blown vampiric war, so naturally there's bound to be a little, um, blood.
There are two monstrously frenetic fight scenes loaded with high-speed, ninja-like fisticuffs. The first incorporates tombstones and thigh bones as weapons and culminates with a bloodsucker getting hit by a semi. (The driver jumps out to see if the "victim" is OK, and he's quickly bitten and killed.) The second utilizes flying blades and theater seats, winding down only when one combatant is killed and another gravely wounded.
Steve kills one of his teachers. Darren, hungering for blood, nearly attacks both his younger sister and an unknown girl he's sharing a car ride with. Someone threatens to commit suicide by jumping off a roof. Steve tries to kill Octa with a broom before Octa gets the upper … leg … and bites him instead.
When the wolf-man grotesquely severs the arm of a fellow performer, we see the bloody limb. We also see the woman's arm grow back, arteries and veins sprouting before there's any skin to cover them.
The woman, by the way, doesn't mind losing her appendages. During an evening meal, she asks Darren whether he'd like to cut off and eat one of her hands. And later she snips off a finger and shares it with her beau—a man who survives, somehow, without a midsection. (His spine and a few withered organs are fully visible above his waist.)
Crepsley and Darren exchange blood through cuts on the tips of their fingers. Crepsley threatens to hit Darren. After Darren takes a drug to either kill himself or make it look as if he's dead, Crepsley finishes the job by snapping the boy's neck and pushing him off a rooftop. Steve, taken in by the ze as their leader-in-training, is brutally stabbed and beaten by the clan.
There are a handful of grotesque gnomes who run about the Cirque du Freak camp and dine on small, dead animals. (Darren collects stiff squirrels and rats from the countryside and tosses them in a trough.) One of the gnomes likes to bite people's fingers, and at one point he reaches into his chest and pulls out what looks like a heart that's long past its prime. A tooth gets embedded in someone's forehead.
Crude or Profane Language
Five s-words. "A‑‑," "d‑‑n" and "h‑‑‑" are also included in the script. God's name is misused a handful of times.
Drug and Alcohol Content
Steve mentions that his mother's drunk most of the time. Crepsley and one of his friends share a glass of dark red liquid. Under normal circumstances, we'd assume this was wine. But here, you never know.
Other Negative Elements
Crepsley and the film's "good-guy" vampires make a big deal of the fact that they don't kill the folks they feed from. Their breath is imbued with some sort of chemical that can (if desired) render people unconscious, and victims are left blissfully unaware.
But that's not really the point, is it? Assault is still assault if your victim doesn't remember it.
Darren and Steve skip class and break lights with rocks. Steve tosses a wadded-up piece of paper in his teacher's face and, with the help of his ze "mentor," kidnaps Darren's entire family. The boys lie to get into the Cirque du Freak.
The wolfish creature scratches his testicles onstage.
Our culture has been on vampire overload for the last few years now. From Twilight to True Blood, these undead charmers haunt our media in epidemic numbers.
Why? I credit most of the infestation to the fact that vamps make such versatile vehicles for metaphor. Through the undead, authors, artists and directors can explore themes as diverse as sex, bigotry, the nature of good and evil and—in the case of Cirque du Freak—adolescent alienation.
But most of these stories, like the mythical creatures they incorporate, come with a coffin full of dirt. Namely, bloody violence, grotesque feedings, dank spirituality and bad behavior.
And then there's this:
Exhibit 439-C (the film I'm reviewing) pokes fun at Darren's staid, conservative parents as they tell their son he's on a good path toward a "happy, productive life"—a path that includes college, a job and a family. If you're lucky, Darren's father bellows after Darren gets in trouble for skipping class, you'll be yelling at your teenage son just like this one day.
But we're given to understand that Darren's "destiny" lies outside this confining path. And to reach it, he'll have to disobey his parents and "die" to them forever.
And yet, Darren's supposed destiny includes Crepsley, who tells the boy where he can go, what he should do and how he should eat (feed)—and all of his advice, onscreen at least, is deemed to be dead-on right. Crepsley (we're told) erects common sense hedges for Darren's own good—just as (if one's thinking clearly on the matter) Darren's parents tried to do.
Hey, it's great that Darren has a father figure in Crepsley, but the goodness of their relationship is seriously diminished by the reality that Darren already had a perfectly fine dad—one who doesn't drink blood for sustenance and charm spiders for a living.
Not that there's anything wrong with making spiders do tricks. Still, it sounds like a classic case for Social Services, if you ask me.
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Chris Massoglia as Darren Shan; John C. Reilly as Larten Crepsley; Josh Hutcherson as Steve; Jessica Carlson as Rebecca; Michael Cerveris as Mr. Tiny
Paul Weitz ( Admission, Little Fockers, American Dreamz, In Good Company, About a Boy, Down to Earth, American Pie)
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October 23, 2009
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The Etiquette of Uncomfortable Questions
Situation: A friend asks if she looks good in an outfit, and the answer is something other than yes.
Solution: Blame the clothes, not the person. "Never say 'You look terrible in that.' Instead say 'Those pants are wrinkly in the back and don't show off your cute tush,' " says Clinton Kelly, cohost of the Learning Channel's What Not to Wear and a coauthor of Dress Your Best ($20, amazon.com). "If everything in the dressing room is too tight, remember: Misery loves company. Say 'That brand always runs small. I tried on four pairs of pants last week before I found the right ones.' " Then find a better alternative. If one outfit looked great, have your friend try it on again, and compliment an aspect of it that other choices lacked. Finally, timing is everything. "If you're in a dressing room, you can make a difference, so be honest," says Kelly. "But if your friend is running out the door or already in public, why burst her bubble?"
Situation: Someone asks you out on a date, but you're not interested.
Solution: "Never, ever make up a boyfriend or any excuse that you could get caught lying about," says Lesley Carlin, coauthor of More Things You Need to Be Told. Be as gentle and respectful as possible, by keeping your answer vague but firm. Say "Thank you so much for the offer, but I really have too much going on, and I don't think this is for me right now." If you work together, use company policy (or your own personal rule) as your reason not to get involved. "It's a perfect excuse," says Carlin.

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Today Oprah is airing a piece with Madonna discussing the adoption of 13-month-old David Banda amidst the allegations of the pop star using her power and status to swoop in and "rescue" an African child. So before it airs and anyone sees it, we want to add to the discussion.
We read an article out of Canada – the news coverage of this adoption is global.
The thing that bothers us the most is this quote, "If you want to be perceived as Mother Bountiful, you have to make sure you get it right," Gossage said. "Look at the way people like Princess Di and Angelina Jolie conducted themselves in the
So if you adopt a child in
Madonna told ABC News that David's father "looked into my eyes and said to me that he was very grateful that I was going to give his son a life, and that had he kept his son with him in the village he would have buried him" just as he had buried his wife and three other children.
If you adopt a baby, do you need to hire a publicist so your motivations are seen as true and not as
self-serving? We would hope any publicist would help their client see that adopting a baby, no matter the circumstances, is making the world a better place.
As PR experts ourselves, we don't think Madonna handled her adoption poorly; he was in fact in an orphanage with 500 children. We don't think she's hurting her own image by not clearly stating her motivation for adopting this child. She is Madonna, after all, and little David Banda Ritchie is going to have a better life than anyone in his genealogy could have ever imagined.
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Feb. 10, 2006
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee men's tennis team extended its winning streak to three after defeating Memphis, 4-2, Friday night at the Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center.
"It was good to get a win tonight against a very tough Memphis team who came in here and played hard against us," head coach Chris Mahony said. "It was a good team effort and we got contributions from a lot of players."
The Vols captured the doubles point when Bobby Cameron and Johnny Thornton defeated Michael Jetter and Garrison Pilant, 8-6, at No. 3. David Baxendine and Kaden Hensel defeated Bryan Bankester and Matt Brewer, 8-4, at No. 2 for UT's other victory.
Cameron got things started for Tennessee in singles winning at the No. 1 position for the fourth consecutive match. The Lenoir City native defeated Brewer, 7-5, 7-5, to stake the Vols to a 2-0 lead.
Baxendine extended Tennessee's lead to 3-0 with his come-from-behind victory over James Spence, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Sam Withell struck for the Tigers to cut Tennessee's lead to 3-1. Withell defeated Kiril Tcherveniachki, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 at No. 4. Jetter continued the Tigers comeback when he outlasted Hensel at No. 2, 6-4, 6-7, 7-5.
Moments later though, Adam Hubble clinched the match for UT defeating Pilant, 6-0, 6-1 to clinch the UT victory.
Tennessee returns to action Feb. 25, when it hosts Furman at 1 p.m. at the Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center.
|No. 16 Tennessee 4 Memphis 2
|1. Bobby Cameron (UT) def. Matt Brewer (MEM)
|7-5, 7-5
|2. Michael Jetter (MEM) def. Kaden Hensel (UT)
|4-6, 7-6, 7-5
|3. David Baxendine (UT) def. James Spence (MEM)
|3-6, 6-4, 6-2
|4. Sam Withell (MEM) def. Kiril Tcherveniachki (UT)
|6-2, 3-6, 6-4
|5. Adam Hubble (UT) def. Garrison Pilant (MEM)
|6-0, 6-1
|6. Ben Rogers (UT) susp. Bryan Bankester (MEM)
|6-1, 2-0, susp.
|Order of Finish: 1,3,4,2,5
|1. Spence/Withell (MEM) def. Hubble/Rogers (UT)
|2. Baxendine/Hensel (UT) def. Bankester/Brewer (MEM)
|3. Cameron/Thornton (UT) def. Jetter/Pilant (MEM)
|Order of Finish: 1,2,3


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The lovely Janelle Wang. This fellow Asian American woman is a huge inspiration to me!! Spencer loves vegan raw foods. You can tell he walks a healthy lifestyle by how great he looks.
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Ryder harnesses Web to boost his career
WWE wrestler Zack Ryder is the self-proclaimed "Internet Champion of the World," thanks to the success of his YouTube Z! True Long Island Story videos. Created to lobby WWE to give him more TV airtime, the gamble paid off with a vocal fan base, 11 million online views and attention from the front office, which now features him more regularly on its USA Network WWE Raw TV shows.
Friday, Ryder's web show moves to WWE's revamped YouTube channel, part of the Google owned company's $100 million gamble to beef up original programming. The show features Ryder making silly jokes and talking to the camera about his life, as well as behind-the-scenes footage from wrestling arenas.
We met with up with Ryder, whose real name is Matthew Cardona, during rehearsals for a WWE Live event in Anaheim, Calif. Among the things we discussed were YouTube, his gear, and his "Woo, woo, woo" and "Broski" catchphrases.
Why the web show
"I realized I wasn't going anywhere in the WWE, and if I was going to go out, I was going to go out swinging. I was saying some risky things about the company and why I wasn't on TV. I thought, this will either get me noticed and back on TV or get me fired. It was a risk I was willing to take. A year later, it saved my career. It's unbelievable."
Internet Champion of the World?
"It started as a joke. I wasn't on TV, I couldn't compete for a real championship, so I made a toy title belt. Eventually I paid $1,600 for a real leather belt, and now I'm the Internet Champion!"
ZLI Gear
He shoots on a Flip compact video camera, a product killed off by Cisco last year, and edits back home in New York on an iMac desktop computer. He prefers the big computer to a laptop for video editing. "I tried it on a MacBook, but it was too small."
Besides the Flip, he travels with an iPhone and iPad. He would love to make the video show on his iPad, but with no USB port there's no easy way to get his Flip footage in there, he says. "It would be so convenient."
His shtick
When he enters arenas to compete, he struts out holding his Flip camera and filming the audience, who respond by holding up "Broski" and "Woo woo woo" signs.
The catchphrases are such a part of his act that he sports a "Broski" T-shirt during the interview. On the back is a QR code that when viewed on smartphones takes you directly to his videos. WWE now sells Broski T-shirts and headbands at the shows.
The costs of the ZLI
He figures $10,000 to $15,000 yearly. "I'm constantly buying things. I did a thing where I took my sunglasses and threw it at the camera,and it broke my camera. You never know what costs are going to pop up, but it's all worth it."
"Embrace the audience. They really help out. I found a guy who makes my logos. I've never met him. We just talk through Twitter and he just sends them over. The power of the Internet is amazing."
His work week
"I spend every moment thinking about the show, and at least 10 hours per week on production and editing. I'm making them in my living room, and trying really hard. But it's worth it."
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Howard calls for calm on abortion
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In his first intervention since a Coalition MP called for a ban on late-term abortions, John Howard has appealed to those with strong feelings on either side of the issue to respect their opponents' views.
Appearing to be hosing down the issue, the Prime Minister emphasised yesterday that there would be no Government-sponsored change to the law.
He said it was always possible for an MP to bring forward a private member's bill, and if that happened the Coalition parties would allow a free vote.
Mr Howard said he rejected the "absurd proposition" of any trade-off between the Government toughening its attitude to abortion and Coalition MPs' support for other legislation, such as Telstra's sale.
He said if people wanted to bring forward a private member's bill, they would have to assess the views of people within the parties in Parliament.
"It's not an easy issue," he said. "I would encourage those who hold strong views on both sides of it to recognise the strength of feeling of those who support in its entirety the present arrangements - that it is ultimately a matter for a woman to decide.
"Equally I ask those who hold that view to respect the fact that people on the other side of the argument believe that they are dealing with issues relating to the termination of a life and that those views are held with equal strength".
Mr Howard has previously said he holds a conservative view on abortion, and finds late-term abortions "rather repellent".
There is no imminent private member's bill, according to Government sources.
NSW Liberal Alan Cadman, whose name has been mentioned as a possible sponsor, yesterday said "it's not my intention at this point to move a private member's bill".
There would be discussions after the new Parliament begins next
week about how the debate should proceed, Mr Cadman said.
"It's not a matter for rush. That would be disruptive and divisive," he said.
Opposition Leader Mark Latham, who is strongly opposed to changing the laws, challenged Mr Howard to say whether the Government would allow debating time for a private member's bill. Unless the Government did so, the bill would die.
Mr Latham accused Mr Howard of hiding behind a private member's bill. Such a bill could only relate to the conditions for abortion in the ACT and the Northern Territory, or to the Medicare rebate for abortion. Abortion is a state responsibility and Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has said he sees no reason to change present laws.
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott, who among federal politicians is the prime driver of the debate, said he did not think any senior member of the Government had said anything that was remotely divisive.
He said one of the issues that would be clarified in the course of the debate was "how many (abortions) we have and the circumstances under which we have them".
"We don't have reliable national figures," said Mr Abbott, who has been using the figure of 100,000 a year, which is higher than other estimates.
"The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare concluded that there were some 48,000 abortions a year in public hospitals, but then a very large number of abortions take place in private clinics," he said.
"If you extrapolate from the South Australian figures or from the Western Australian state figures you get somewhere between about 80,000 and about 90,000".
Australian Medical Association president Bill Glasson said that if Medicare funding for abortions was scrapped the women of Australia would be "absolutely up in arms".
He said that to think that cutting funding would reduce the number of abortions was a product of "dreamtime". "What happens between a woman and her doctor is sacred," he said. "All this is going to do is drive things underground."


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Fake or real, I can't really tell. What do you think guys? Has anyone got this mail too?Originally Posted by fagex
EDIT: Okay that is a fake. Well anyways. I don't play runescape anymore >.<
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Alcohol Abuse Rehab
There's a lot of names for a person who needs alcohol rehab. She's an alky, a dipsomaniac, a boozer, a sot. He's a drunk, a lush, a rummy or wino. These terms for alcohol addicts generate images of those who have suffered greatly. Sometimes they've lost everything right up to the point of living on the street. Even this person may have hope if they can find an effective alcohol abuse rehab.
How to Give an Alcohol Addict New Hope
Even decades of alcohol abuse may not stand in the way of the recovery of a productive, enjoyable life. The important thing is to get an alcohol addict help to turn things around at the first possible moment because of the unpredictable future of an alcoholic.
A person who chronically abuses alcohol is going to start losing things he or she values and loves. It may be relationships or the trust of his or her fellow workers. It may extend all the way down to one's freedom, as when alcohol abuse results in a car accident that hurts or kills someone.
For almost fifty years, alcohol addicts and abusers around the world have found hope at Narconon alcohol abuse treatment centers. Across the United States and Canada, in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, Narconon centers help drug and alcohol addicts leave substance abuse behind forever, and help young people decide to stay away from drugs and alcohol for good.
Determining Who Needs the Help of an Alcohol Abuse Rehab
As billions of people around the world drink, and many of them drink frequently, how do you separate out the problem drinkers from the rest of them? How do you determine who needs alcohol abuse rehab and who doesn't?
If you are close to them, you may be able to detect who is suffering harm as a result of drinking but still consumes alcohol on a regular basis. Are there missed deadlines? Jobs not being done properly? Responsibilities being ignored? Bills not paid? Important people like bosses or family members being neglected or even abused?
Has a vehicle been damaged? Are there increasing numbers of insurance claims? Has money gone missing? Does the person himself or herself go missing for days or weekends? If events like these are mounting and the person in question is still drinking, it is very likely that the person is no longer in control of their drinking. And so they have, in essence, become an alcoholic, a person who compulsively drinks and can't control it, despite the harm being done.
How the Narconon Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program Enables Alcohol Abuse Sufferers to Claim Back Sober Lives
The preliminary step is to first determine if the alcohol substance abuser needs a medical detox to cut down on alcohol consumption gradually or if she or he can go directly into alcohol substance abuse treatment. Once this concern is out of the way, the Narconon alcohol drug abuse program will begin to lead the person all the way out of the old lifestyle and into sobriety. A sauna, exercise and nutritional program near the beginning of the rehab experience will help an addicted person begin to feel himself (or herself) again, as the residual alcohol toxins are flushed from the body. For many recovering addicts, this phase is where the cravings for alcohol begin to diminish.
Drug and alcohol abuse takes a toll on each addict's awareness and can make life look dim and unpleasant. The next phase in the Narconon alcohol recovery program helps each person in the alcohol substance abuse rehab recover a brighter viewpoint on life and a brighter perception of the immediate environment. This phase can begin to build hope in the former addict that life can be fun again.
Further services build specific life skills that research has found are lost during addiction: communication skills, personal values, a moral code, and the ability to make drug-free decisions during critical junctures in life. These skills cannot be returned to addicts without their having examined their own lives for situations and relationships that need to be repaired and taking action to do so.
Alcoholism is a Problem at Almost Any Point around the World
Any global commission or UN report on damage done by substance abuse will point out the true extent of the problem. A World Health Organization report in 2004 estimated that annually, 2.25 million premature deaths are caused by the abuse of alcohol. This means that 4.5 percent of the world's disease burden leads back to alcohol abuse.
The WHO also reports that alcohol abuse is even more dangerous and more often fatal among younger age groups.
Alcohol doesn't just kill by causing accidents. It also damages the liver, sometimes all the way to cirrhosis, where the liver is so fibrous it can no longer function. It can also contribute to liver cancer or other cancers and cardiovascular disease. There's also risky behavior resulting in fights or unprotected sex that spreads HIV or other diseases. In all, there are 200 diseases in the list of problems increased or caused by alcohol consumption. In every region of the world, men are affected far more often than women.
Alcohol abuse does not have to mean loss, pain, injury or illness. These problems can be overcome when the alcohol substance abuse rehab program chosen is at one of the more than 100 Narconon centers around the world.


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Thank you for viewing my portfolio! My name is Crystal I am 20 and new to modeling.
The worlds most tattooed woman once said, "If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature" and I couldn't agree more. I love modeling and photography but above all else I love being unique. I believe if a photograph can capture emotions in a way that some people haven't seen before, you can never be out done. I have some modeling experience but would love to learn and experience more. Just like every artist uses different tools to create a masterpiece, I am a tool for the photographer. So I can not judge what kind of work I am willing to do, a masterpiece can come in many forms. However I don't quite have the self confidence to pose nude. Most of the work I have done so far has been very basic, I am interested in any style shoot because I would like to expand my portfolio. Some styles I would like to do include,
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She's always been an avid supporter of President Barack Obama, and Scarlett Johansson was in Washington DC this weekend for the White House Correspondent's Ball.
Rather than taking her hubby Ryan Reynolds, the "In Good Company" babe found another date instead- her twin brother Hunter who actually works for Obama.
Joining in on the Washington, DC festivities, Anna Kendrick turned up at the 2010 White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday night (May 1).
The "Up In the Air" actress looked adorable in a soft greige toned chiffon strapless gown with hand embellished detail at the bust and waist from Elie Saab's Spring Summer 2007 Haute Couture collection.
Brightening up the fancy affair, Jessica Simpson turned up in a bright yellow frock for the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. on Saturday night (May 1).
The "Price of Beauty" babe was all smiles as she mingled with the star-studded guest list, during which she also chatted with press about Michelle Obama and her love life prospects.
Making for quite the stylish spectacle, the stars were all dressed up and out in full force for the annual White House Correspondents dinner in Washington, DC on Saturday evening (May 1).
Leading the proceedings, US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made a grand entrance at the White House's social event of the year.
Looking simply spectacular, Kim Kardashian strutted her stuff at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, DC on Saturday night (May 1).
The E! reality beauty was among a long list of stars descending upon the nation's capital for the annual swanky fete.


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A serious timepiece with a touch of whit! A great gift for the eclectic homeowner!
A little punk rock home decor!Tags: home, gifts, accessories, modern, home decor, decor, metallic, decorations, skullAdded 6 Years Ago from Zgallerie
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose... Except in the case of these cups. Give your friend the perfect nose or one completely unbecoming with these cups.
I think this could be incredibly entertaining to have in the office. Think of how good we would get at ping pong.
Literally. A dust bunny.
I actually just got this as a hostess gift and I FREAKING LOVE IT.
I'd say this is my kind of hammer.
Ahahahaha granny teeth!Added 8 Years Ago from Amazon.com
This makes sneaking in alcohol to events even sneakier. I love it.
Ice cubes that light up in your drink. A great party gift. Changes from green to blue to red.
Very cute to keep on a coffee table at home. This Tic Tac Toe Game from Z Gallerie provides a little fun and distraction on those lazy days around the house.Tags: home, gifts, wood, decor, games, design, fun, tic tac toe, z gallerieAdded 10 Years Ago from Zgallerie


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Adrian J. Danker
Pages 252-253 - Adrian J. Danker. In the city of Grand Rapids are to be found many successful business men of foreign birth who represent the best in American ideals of citizenship and who are in the fullest sense appreciative of the manifold advantages and attraction of the land of their adoption. The careers of many of these sterling citizens are replete in lesson and incentive, for their records tell stories of adversity, struggle and invincible ambition, and mark worthy advancement to the goal of independence and success. Such has been significantly the case in the life history of Adrian J. Danker, who is now the executive head of one of the prosperous and important industrial enterprises of Grand Rapids. Jacob and Susan Danker, with their children – one son and three daughters – lived contentedly in their old home in the Netherlands until the death of the husband and father. The widowed mother, faced with the responsibility of making the best possible provision for her children, finally made the momentous decision to establish the family home in the United States. In 1888 this noble and courageous woman, accompanied by her one son and three daughters, arrived in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and while the children readily learned the language of their adopted land, the devoted mother did not find equal facility in acquiring the new language, but gradually all adapted themselves to the changed conditions and influences. Adrian J. Danker was a lad of fifteen years at the time when the family home was thus established in Grand Rapids, and as the "only man of the family" he forthwith found it imperative to find employment. In the Widdicomb furniture factory he became a machine tender, his duties being to carry materials to the man operating the machine and to make proper disposition of the finished products. Mr. Danker thus assisted a man engaged in the making of scrollwork, and his artistic talent made the work very alluring to the boy, who received at the beginning only forty cents a day for his services. By the time he was sixteen years of age Mr. Danker had become a skilled workman in the art of marquetry, or inlaying of wood. To achieve this end he worked assiduously at the factory, and many a day of hard work was followed by long night hours devoted to study, in order that he might advance himself in his chosen line of occupation. He eventually so proved his technical skill and ability as to command good salary, and he continued to apply himself closely to his art-trade until he was thirty years of age. This close application brought such impairment to his eyes that he was then compelled to seek other occupation. He, accordingly, in 1905 rented a farm near Georgetown, Ottawa county, and there he continued his activities as an agriculturist during the ensuing ten years. In 1898 he enlisted in the United States Army, for service in the Spanish-American war, and his loyalty to his adopted country was shown in the efficient record that he made in this connection, he having continued in service during the period of the conflict with Spain. In 1915 Mr. Danker left the farm and returned to Grand Rapids, where he opened a little shop over a garage on Godfrey avenue and engaged independently in the work of his trade, as a producer of fine marquetry. In the beginning he did all of the work in an individual way, and as he was known as a skilled artisan and lived up fully to the reputation he had thus gained, his business was successful and constantly expanded, with the result that in 1917 he build his present factory building, 30 by 80 feet in dimensions and constructed of cement block. Here he has installed the most modern machinery and accessories for the producing of the highest grade of marquetry, here he gives employment to an average of more than twenty skilled workmen, and in its specific class the establishment is now one of the largest in the United States. Here is produced furniture inlay work, and a large part of the output is inlay work on radio cabinets. The trade of the concern now extends into most diverse sections of the United States, and Mr. Danker has gained place as one of the prosperous business men and loyal and highly esteemed citizens of the city that has represented his home since his boyhood. He married Miss Lena Ludtke, who was born and reared at Frankfort, Benzie county, and who is a daughter of William Ludtke. Mr. and Mrs. Danker have six children: Florence, Helen, Jacob, Andrew P., Adrian J., Jr., and Leone. Jacob is associated with his father's business and is a skilled workman as a wood cutter. Andrew J., a student in high school at the time of this writing, in 1925, has inherited much of his father's artistic talent and will be given good opportunity for its development.
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By Richard Clarke
While Arsène Wenger was happy to give some of his star names time off this week, the Arsenal manager is unlikely ever to afford himself such luxury.
Cesc Fabregas and Alex Hleb were left behind when their side flew to Prague for Wednesday's night Champions League tie with Slavia. The injured Kolo Toure could have travelled as well at a stretch while Wenger decided to put four more front-line players on the bench.
To many this is clever management, shuffling his side while he can in order to keep them fresh. However Wenger himself can not rest. At Friday's press conference he admitted he is "lost" when he goes on holiday, takes his phone to the beach to field football calls and will even arrange meetings with players on the sea-front.
"I don't need a rest," he said. "I am marathon runner. I am always busy. There is always work to do that we can not do when we play.
"I must say I am quite lost on holiday. But the holiday period is the transfer period so there is always football.
"I can sit on the beach on my phone and I have met players there. The players are at the beach as well in the summer!
"No one has found a machine to measure the pressure so I don't know how much damage it does to me compared to somebody else. Many people say I am under massive pressure and it is terrible to experience but you cannot measure it to see if it is worse than someone else or not.
"I keep fit, go to the gym, go running. I do a little everyday. But for me if you are in sport then you are in sport. The players are under physical stress that I am not. Yes, there is mental stress but I like to be 'in there' and keep in."
Wenger - I'll let my players take time off but I won't
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Drainage & Sump Pump Advice
Hello All,
I hope that I will get some useful pointers from members on this forum.
Very briefly, owing to disagreements between the builder and the architect of my newly built home I find myself having to pick up the pieces.
The house has a drainage system installed but the level of the lowest point in the system is lower than the municipal drains (local regulations do allow discharge into municipal drains). Consequently, I need to install a sump pump.
I have been living here for about two weeks now. There have been many heavy showers but there does not appear to be any major issue with the soil getting water logged, my basement flooding or even getting damp - I should mention that the installed drainage system - a German affair - comes with an integrated manhole that allows me to inspect its insides without too much effort. There I guess I have just been lucky with the lay of the land.
Here is what I am planning to do
a. The lowest point in the drainage system and all the rainwater downspouts are at the front of the house on the left hand side of my garage entrance.
b. The manhole connected to the municipal drains is the right of the garage entrance.
My plans
a. Dig a trench and create a sufficiently deep & wide gutter in front of the garage with a grating covering it
b. Connect this channel to the manhole leading to the municipal drains
c. Dig a sump pit to the left of the garage and lead the drainage outlet into it.
d. Place a sump pump in the pit and lead its discarge into the gutter.
e. Also lead the discharge from the rainwater downspouts directly into the gutter.
Hope it all works. I am trying to research all this the best I can and learning a lot along the way. Please don't tell me to get a "professional". I have neither the money to do that nor the confidence to trust those guys. Advice...I will take gladly.
How about some pictures. Dorf Dude
When you say "municipal drain" or "municipal manholes" do you mean storm sewers or sanitary sewers? Many municipalities have rules about discharging pressurized water into their systems. Most will not allow rain water to be discharged into sanitary sewers. We will need to understand more about the system.
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I hope this clarifies my questions. I would rate my DIY skills not too badly but in this particular instance I am a newbie.
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Copy and Pasting Tables into Spreadsheet
Hello everyone,
I don't understand why I cannot use the Copy As menu item and copy a
table's contents as plain text and paste directly into a spreadsheet.
It works nicely for some tables but not others. Likewise, exporting a
numeric table to a text file as "CSV" or "TSV" often gives me the
table as a string with the curly list brackets as delimiters rather
than commas or tabs (see below).
Is there any way to get tables into a spreadsheet easily? Should I be
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Colchester, who offered full home debuts to Andy Myers and Wayne Andrews, dominated the first half but could not find a way through against their First Division rivals.
And after dominating for virtually an hour of the game, a mistake by Colchester keeper Richard McKinney turned the game.
McKinney dropped a cross at the feet of Marcus Bent, who had the easiest of tasks to fire into an empty net.
The Colchester keeper was beaten again 16 minutes from time when Darren Bent skipped past a tackle an fired home.
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Last Updated: February 17, 2016
Today's student generation is mobile, online and Internet-savvy. They are all computer gurus, and they often engage better with their electronics than they do with paper and pencil.
As the saying goes, when you can't beat 'em, join 'em: charge into the information age as a 21st century teacher. Use online tools and resources to power your lesson-planning and engage your students. And do it for free, with these 101 online tools for collaborative learning – all free to use, or at least free to try.
Young learners benefit most from collaborative games and fun, animated educational tools.
1. WhyVille: WhyVille is a free, online community where every kid is a valued citizen. Your students can play geography, science and art games with each other, or with other kids from around the world. They can even earn money ("clams") and start their own businesses!
2. Animoto: This incredible tool allows you to create short video clips and vibrant slideshows that will wow your students. Add music, text and other extras for full-featured presentations. The Animoto Lite version is completely free, and teachers can apply for a free Animoto Plus account.
3. AudioBoo: A free account lets you make recordings up to 3 minutes each, which you can then share on your class's wiki, blog or other media – or even as a simple link. Just imagine all the fun applications: scavenger hunts, guess-the-sound games, classroom songs and so much more!
4. Storybird: Billed as a new literacy tool for the new generation, this collaborative storytelling site is definitely something your students will love. Work together to create artful stories to share, print and read. Your students can even play their stories like games, or send their works of art to friends and family, as books or greeting cards.
5. SecretBuilders: SecretBuilders is an imaginative world of kid-friendly, online multiplayer gaming. Games are educational and interactive, not to mention age-appropriate. The best part: the site goes far beyond the usual word searches and jigsaw puzzles to teach students about history, literary figures, historical people, and the world around them. You can even enroll your entire class through the Teacher's Console.
6. Arcademics: What do you get when you mix awesome arcade games with academics? Arcademics, an online gaming site where students can collaborate on multiplayer games to test their math, language, social studies and other skills.
7. Free Rice: If you're in the market for educational gaming with a conscience, look no further than Free Rice. Challenge your students to collaborate on answering questions about geography, humanities, vocabulary, grammar, math, foreign language, literature and other subjects. Every correct answer earns 10 grains of rice dedicated to starving families in developing nations, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Bhutan, Uganda, and Nepal.
8. Mind42: Kids are never too young for mind maps, at least when mind maps can include photos and other images! Mind42 is a great, web-based mind-mapping tool that gets even the K-5 set engaged in idea creation. Best of all, you can open up your maps to group editing and even share your maps with parents, tutors and other classes.
9. Wizehive: This comprehensive application has a lot of functionality: build forms, manage tasks, update your activity feed and create workflow sheets. Wizehive is a great pick for sharing upcoming projects, classroom modules, events and other class activities with parents.
10. Skype in the Classroom: This tool is great for any age group, but we particularly love Skype's application for very young learners. With Skype in the Classroom, you can take virtual field trips to anywhere in the world, and connect with sister classrooms across oceans and continents. It's like a 21st century version of class penpals.
11. Wikispaces Classroom: Young children have brilliant minds, and what better way to light the creative spark than to get your class involved in social storytelling? Wikispaces helps you create an online home for your class's writings, to share with parents and other students.
12. Twiddla: Take your dry erase board online with Twiddla, a virtual whiteboard app. Billed as a meeting playground with a trial sandbox, this tool seems built for the littlest learning set. And it is: draw, write, and do everything you'd do on a real whiteboard, but online, where you can also add media resources, like audio and video.
13. Padlet: Whether your class is building a poster board dedicated to ancient Egypt or outlining the scientific method, Padlet takes you from blank wall to beautiful display. K-5 students will love that they worked together to create the masterpiece, especially if their homework involves collecting more goodies for their virtual display wall.
14. FunBrain: Circling back to educational games, FunBrain serves up a smorgasbord of classroom-friendly games for the K-8 crowd. Challenge your students to the Reading Arcade, play board games where math is the solution, and more.
15. Raz-Kids: This award-winning website lets elementary learners read anytime, anywhere – and allows teachers to monitor students' progress, so you can keep class discussions relevant and timely.
16. SpellingCity: Build vocabulary, play games, and take fun language arts quizzes at SpellingCity. You can log on as a group, or let students play individually or in teams.
17. Starfall: For classrooms that practice phonics-based learning, Starfall has a suite or games, plays, magic tricks and more. Starfall aligns with Common Core Standards.
18. Wowzers: This cloud-based online math tool makes fun out of arithmetic, multiplication and division. You can personalize learning plans, challenge your students based on their abilities, run necessary assessments, and involve your class in individual and group games.
Middle school-aged kids need collaborative learning tools that are streamlined and easy to use, with a little bit of cutting-edge thrown in for good measure.
19. Fakebook: Middle-schoolers may not be old enough to use the real thing (Facebook), but that makes Fakebook even cooler. Charge your students with creating Fakebook profiles for historical figures, authors, and other persons of note.
20. Flickr: Sixth through eighth-graders will love using your Flickr class account to share photos of classroom events, projects and other notables. The possibilities don't end there: you can create sets (albums) for how-to guides, cull Creative Commons images to illustrate current places of study, and spark creative thinking by telling stories through imagery.
21. FlickrPoet: Speaking of stories and imagery, FlickrPoet is a great tool to show your students that poetry is more than words on a page. Prose and verse take flight with FlickrPoet, which puts images to your students' poems. Have kids work together to create several photo versions – each reload pulls new images – and discuss which best brings their words to life.
22. Folding Story: For language arts and culture classes, nothing beats group storytelling. This innovative, free site lets your students collaborate on stories you assign, or even jump on board those that are currently "folding" (being told). Be sure to filter for age-appropriate content.
23. Storify: If you class vibes on storytelling, take stories real and global. Storify culls media from around the web to tell full-featured reports of current events and news. Helpful security settings ensure you pull only age-appropriate content for your class.
24. PBworks: Formerly PBwiki, this online collaborative tool opens up a world of group projects. Build websites together; give your students access to online materials, book lists, and resource links; and share information between students and teachers. The basic edition is free for classroom use.
25. Creaza: Classroom assignments have never been so fun as they are with Creaza. Your students can collaborate to create multimedia presentations that incorporate audio, video and even original cartoons! Creaza can also be leveraged for mind mapping, slideshows, and other educational uses.
26. Popplet: Done well, mind mapping is an incredible tool that turns ideas into tangible, visual plans of action. Popplet, which is available via the web and as an iPad app, helps your students think creatively and learn visually, creating mind maps they can access anytime, anywhere.
27. Google Earth: If you're teaching geography or earth science or geological processes or social studies or world cultures or, well, almost anything, Google Earth can make your lessons more interactive, more real and very 3-D. Think of it as an insta-passport to anywhere in the world.
28. WordPress.com: A class blog has huge potential: you can collaborate on storytelling, teach your kids about the implications of social media & online information, or simply chronicle classroom projects and activities. WordPress allows each student to write as an individual contributor, so the possibilities are endless.
29. Search Team: When students are just learning how to conduct web research, collaborating with friends and peer groups can be a great help. Search Team does that, allowing small teams to collaborate to find the best, most applicable search results to any question you pose.
30. Bounce: Here's another tool for young web researchers. Bounce lets students share their thoughts on any webpage, and then "bounce" that back and forth with other students, group members, and teachers.
31. Dweeber: The name may be a little, well, dweeby, but Dweeber is a great place for middle school kids to meet for online study sessions. A free account lets students connect with friends from school, so they can collaborate on group projects and homework. Sketching, note sharing and other features make this tool versatile.
32. Wridea: Brainstorming is an important part of the creative process. Wridea allows students to collaborate to organize and streamline their ideas, in order to create better, more cohesive group projects.
33. ScribLink: More than just a scribble pad, ScribLink is an online whiteboard that you can share in real-time. Now, students can access the day's notes from anywhere, anytime: while you're teaching, when they're reviewing their homework, and even when they're studying for an upcoming test.
34. Sync.in: When your students are working on collaborative documents, Sync.in lets them edit, type and revise in real-time. They call it document conferencing.
35. Lino: Go old school with new school technologies: Lino lets your students create sticky notes, pin photos, and share ideas and discussions on a virtual canvas that requires nothing more than an Internet connection and web browser.
36. Marqueed: Learning can be as simple as a better discussion. Marqueed lets you do just that, about images. Simply upload a photo or graphic – say, a National Geographic shot or new infographic – and let your class annotate and discuss everything from the lighting to the facts they ferret out.
37. Podcast Garden: Podcasting can be an incredible tool for teaching your students about the power of the Internet. Even better, they'll become experts on whatever topic you choose, like Everything You Need to Know You Learned in 7th Grade or The English Grammar You Forgot.
38. HeyMath!: For every kid who has ever struggled with math, HeyMath! offers an easy, totally fun answer. And the collaborative part? Students can ask friends and teachers for help on any question – or offer their help to solve others' problems.
39. Collaborize Classroom: This collaborative platform complements your in-class lessons with assignments, activities and online discussions that encourage 100% participation.
40. Cool Math: Cool Math is more than just math: it's science, reading and geography, too! All games are designed for classroom use, and include fun activities like collaborative algebra and adventurous WebQuests.
High school students are tech-savvy, mobile consumers – and often, just a tad know-it-all-can't-impress-me. These collaborative tools will grab their attention and get them learning and working together online, with nary an eyeroll in sight.
41. Canva: Canva provides teachers and students with an excellent and free way to create beautiful slides, flyers, posters, infographics, and photo collages. Begin by selecting a template and then drag and drop designs, clip art, photos, and text boxes to create your graphic. Once complete, you can download your images as PNG or PDF files.
42. VoiceThread: This collaborative tool allows students and teachers to create multimedia slideshows complete with video, images, documents and voiceovers. When working in a group, each contributor can leave comments via text, voice, audio file or video. Your students can share files amongst each other or send them to you; they can even export to mp3 or video, to embed on your class wiki or other site. VoiceThread offers a free upgrade to their K-12 educators account for, well, K-12 educators.
43. WeVideo: If the 21st century classroom needs an online, collaborative video-creation tool, WeVideo fits the bill. Get your students involved in active learning and get their creative juices flowing with group filmmaking and video storytelling.
44. Scrible: Some collaborative tools are flashy and complex; others are simple. Scrible definitely sits on the simple side of the scale, but that doesn't make it any less ingenious: this straightforward tool (in beta at the time of publish) lets your students collaboratively share resources, take notes, and markup the web for their next research project.
45. A.nnotate: Here's another collaborative annotation tool, this one with a little extra oomph: in addition to enabling your student groups to collaboratively take notes on web pages and online images, A.nnotate also lets them annotate any PDF or Microsoft Word document they use in their research.
46. Crocodoc: If you'd prefer an annotation tool that's just a wee bit flashy, Crocodoc is a great choice. (High schoolers will be hard-pressed not to like Crocodoc's new "box view.") Students can collaborate to annotate – comment, underline, highlight or strikeout text – PDFs and Word Documents, and you can easily comment on final papers and projects, no red pen required.
47. Evernote: It's likely that many of your students already use Evernote; it's one of the most popular, cross-platform tools available for mobile and desktop devices. (It syncs information across all platforms.) Collaboration through Evernote means saving important webpages, working on group notes and docs, and collecting research in one place.
48. Sketch: If you've ever wished you could really markup an outline, paper, or project, Sketch is what you're looking for. Available from the makers of Evernote, this cool tool lets you digitally draw arrows, checkmarks, question marks and other annotations (including text notes) onto shared docs.
49. Prezi: Gone are the days when PowerPoint was your only choice for presentations. If you want to wow – and truly engage – your students, Prezi helps you create dynamic, beautifully designed presentations that integrate images, words, graphs and more. You can collaborate with other teachers to create presentations, and your students (groups up to 10) can use Prezi as a shared whiteboard.
50. WordPress.org: WordPress.com's big brother, WordPress.org is an incredibly versatile tool for collaborative blogging and website-building. Creating a class blog, sharing group storytelling, and other projects have endless possibilities with the vast array of free WordPress themes (templates) and plugins available.
51. Google Drive: Once known as Google Docs, Google Drive offers a comprehensive suite of collaborative, online tools: word documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms or drawing files.
52. Dropbox: Dropbox is an awesome resource for sharing files with your students. Sign up for a free account and get 2+ GB of space to share documents, PDFs, videos, and images with students' own Dropbox accounts.
53. Scoot & Doodle: Innovative and well designed, this online tool can be your go-to for collaborative projects. Not only can you work with your students – and your students with other students – on projects, but you can even get remote experts, tutors, parents, other teachers and peers involved in the process. Even better, Scoot & Doodle integrates with Google Hangouts to let up to 10 team members work simultaneously.
54. Blackboard Collaborate: You've likely heard of Blackboard, but if not, this online tool allows for collaborative lesson planning and creates a virtual classroom where your students will flourish. Blackboard Collaborate makes it easy to create web conferences, conduct real-time classes, add voice authoring to your lessons, and instant message with your students.
55. Simple Surface: Whiteboards are a great tool for sharing ideas, outlining projects and more. Simple Surface allows students to share thoughts, plan and organize their ideas, and publish to Pinterest, Facebook or PDF. They can even take their plans public.
56. Wunderlist: This mobile and web-based to-do list is great for on-the-go students. It allows for personal to-dos and is also collaborative, letting students share to-do lists and edit (add/check off) items on shared lists, all in the name of productivity.
57. ThinkBinder: This online meeting hub is designed to create a web-based, group study group. There's also whiteboard capabilities, where students can sketch and share thoughts, thus making group study sessions easier and more productive.
58. Scribblar: If you need to connect with students remotely, Scribblar offers an easy solution. This online whiteboard tool allows for information sharing, and adds real-time audio, file upload for documents, text chat and other features.
59. Google Hangouts: Google Hangouts are an easy way to get students to collaborate out of the classroom. You can share photos and files, and even video chat, if necessary. All for free, with your Google account.
60. ThinkFree: Cloud office tools are nothing new, but ThinkFree's comprehensive productivity suite is simple, useful and great for collaborative projects. The web interface is helpful, but your students will also love the mobile support, which means they can view and edit docs on their desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones.
61. 99 Chats: If you need to connect with an entire classroom (or four), you can create a chat room for up to 99 participants, completely free and online. Discuss a project, maintain contact with a sister school, take international penpals to the next level – the possibilities are many.
62. CiteULike: When it comes to serious research papers, CiteULike lets students discover scholarly articles, share them with their peers, and receive automated recommendations for new, reliable sources.
63. Edmodo: Edmodo is a blend of social networking site and classroom collaborative tool. Add calendars, make assignments, receive assignments, and communicate with your class online, in real time – and in a social setting your students already know and love.
64. BigMarker: Sometimes all your students need is a change of pace. Enter BigMarker, an online conference tool and webinar platform. You can host your own webinar, or sign your class up for some outside tutelage, on topics like economic justice, parlaying failure into success, and statistical analysis with Excel.
65. Speek: Sometimes student groups just need to have a real conversation, not a group email or text chat. Conference calls are the solution, and Speek is a free, web-based platform to quickly and simply organize a group call.
66. Co-Op: For long-term projects or group research papers, students need a central place to meet, converse and plan. Co-Op does the trick, making it easy to track conversations, review the daily or weekly agenda, and keep the group on-target to meet goals.
67. PodBean: Podcasting – audio blogging, in a sense – is a great way to turn learners into educators. Help your class launch its own podcast on whatever topic they desire, and watch their creativity and quest for knowledge take flight. There are myriad ideas for educational podcasting, like Weird but True History or Yes, You Will Use Calculus in Real Life!
68. DoSomething.org: Teach your students about social conscience with DoSomething.org, where every week begins with a new challenge to save the planet, feed the poor, or stop bullying. Join more than 2.5 million teens around the world, in changing the world together.
69. iCivics: For U.S. students, iCivics delves into the details of American democracy and encourages your class to get hands-on. Argue real cases before the Supreme Court, have a student run for president, and participate in other activities of true patriotism.
70. My BackPack™: Communicate directly with parents and students through My BackPack™. Give parents real-time updates – and hold your students accountable – with daily or weekly details on attendance, schedules, homework completion, and grades.
71. Poll Everywhere: Where does testing meet texting? At Poll Everywhere, where you can engage your class anywhere, anytime. Send trivia questions during field trips, challenge your students on possible test questions, or simply seek their opinions, all via text message, on upcoming projects and activities.
72. Dipity: History and social studies has never looked so pretty as with Dipity, an online timeline tool. Students can create interactive timelines to trace persons of interest, political and civil movements, and other themes throughout history, adding photos, video and text as they go.
In today's world, tutors need an entire toolbox of teaching methods: ways to teach their tutees not only textbook facts, but how to use new technologies, create A-worthy projects, and dominate the 21st century classroom.
73. Quizlet: Quizlet's study sets work like flashcards, helping students memorize or reinforce information on any subject under the sun (and beyond, for the astronomers out there). Quizlet lets you create your own, customized study sets for free; you can also use the more than 20 million sets already on the site.
74. Wordle: If you're tutoring students in language arts, English, poetry or a foreign language, Wordle makes vocab fun. Create visually appealing word clouds in an array of designs and colors, for printing, memory recognition and other uses. (In fact, here's a great post on 125 ways to use Wordle in the classroom.)
75. Planboard: Here's a tool you can use with other teachers and other tutors. Planboard allows you to collaborate on lesson planning, or simply access a teacher's lesson plan to view current study subjects and what to focus on with your students.
76. Jing: Jing is an awesome, online tool for taking screenshots and recording screencasts (videos of your computer screen). Add images, voiceovers and other multimedia support to take tutees on a step-by-step tutorial of how to do anything, from complicated math problems to using a new computer program.
77. ChannelME: Though targeted to customer service reps, ChannelME is a great tool for tutors, too. Now you can browse the web with your students, in real time, from a remote destination. So if they need a bit of homework help, or just don't understand something online, you can hop on your computer and tutor them in the moment, right when they need you.
78. Hackpad: This simple tool is a great way to collaborate with tutees on various documents and projects. Bonus: it's billed as hyper collaborative, because you can share any of your "pads" (documents) with anything from one other user, like your tutee, to an entire educational team, including teachers and parents.
79. Titan Pad: If Hackpad doesn't suit your needs, try Titan Pad. This handy, online app lets you work on a document at the same time as your students. You can even get parents and teachers in on the act. Text is color-coded to the user, so you'll never wonder who typed what.
80. Chatzy: If you need instant messaging capabilities but don't want to add students to your personal messenger account, Chatzy is a good solution. This web-based tool lets you chat with anyone, anytime, no signup or software involved. You just need your name and your student's email, and you're ready to chat.
81. Vyew: Hop onto Vyew for real-time, online collaboration through video chat, document sharing, and annotation. You can upload many file types to share images, docs and other resources with your tutees.
82. Stinto: If you're tutoring several students from the same school, group chats can come in handy. Stinto lets you create free, online group chats where you can text-chat, share images, and collaborate. Unlike other messaging programs, there's no software and no registration required.
83. WizIQ: This online platform connects you with your tutees from anywhere – you can even tutor completely remotely. Engage your students through live chat, shared whiteboards, file uploads and more.
84. Toodledo: Sometimes, keeping students on task is half the battle. With Toodledo, you can set due dates, outline tasks, and set time estimates for every item. Your tutees have at-a-glance access to what they need to do and when, and you see when they complete each item.
85. Vidquik: You can't beat online, free video conferencing when you need a quick face-to-face with a tutee, or just have to show something in person, even when can't actually be there in person.
Special education teachers have one of the best jobs in the biz: you teach and mentor students with a diverse range of abilities, focused interests and specialized challenges. You need diverse tools to match.
86. Glogster: Chances are, your students would benefit from a multimedia approach to learning: instead of reading words on a page, they'd prefer to see, hear and watch their lessons. Glogster is a social education site that lets you collaborate with others, including your students, to create mashups of photos, video, sounds, songs and other media to create engaging learning materials.
87. TED-Ed: Yes, the incredible TED Talks have an education channel. TED-Ed lets you build special-interest lessons around TED Talks, TED-Ed originals (and they're awesome), and even YouTube videos. Or, you can view lessons other teachers have created and use them in your own classroom.
88. AbilityHub: This is not so much a collaborative tool as a collaborative website dedicated to sharing assistive technologies with the world. Discover speech recognition tools for kids who have trouble expressing their ideas in writing, or where to find a keyboard with large-print keys to help children with vision problems. Have a question or a solution? Collaborate with others to make Ability Hub an even better resource.
89. CAST UDL Exchange: This online, free resource allows special ed teachers to create, mix-and-match and share institutional resources, to create collaborative lessons and resources.
90. Mindomo: Mind-mapping is a great way to get your students thinking visually. Chat with your students about ideas, tell stories, or draft special projects. Mindomo will help your class formulate and organize ideas in a way that everyone can understand.
91. Do2Learn: This colorful, interactive site was created just for kids with special needs. You'll love all of Do2Learn's resources, including their tips and tools for social skills and behavior management, but we particularly love the song & games section, which will help your students collaborate while they have a blast.
92. BrainPop: BrainPop is another site with interactive games you can play in the classroom. This site can be especially helpful when teaching children with learning disabilities, as the featured games help break down complex concepts into distilled, easy-to-digest (and fun-to-play) games.
93. Neat Chat: Online chat has never been so easy: just create a nickname and sign on to collaborate with other special ed teachers. Share ideas, talk about challenges, and discuss solutions to everyday classroom situations. No software required.
94. Zoho: Zoho is similar to Google Drive, creating an online space to share documents, spreadsheets, presentations and files with your students and parents. Zoho also enables task management, so you can alert parents when certain goals have been achieved or projects completed. You can even open your files to collaboration, so students and parents can add to group documents.
95. MemberHub: MemberHub is an incredible tool for creating an online educational community, and it works particularly well for special education. Create an accurate, up-to-date student/parent directory, send parents and students email reminders of upcoming activities and projects, maintain your school calendar, and share photos safely, among other features.
96. ePals: Connecting with other children from around the world, especially those from different cultures, can teach children about their planet, their culture and themselves. ePals lets you connect with other special ed classrooms, helping students understand that despite all the obvious differences, we all have very much in common.
97. Edublogs: Blogging and class sites are an excellent way to build community within your classroom, keep parents updated on current happenings, and engage your students in the online world. Edublogs was created specifically for educational purposes, and guides you step-by-step through the process of creating a classroom blog.
98. Remember the Milk: To-do lists, especially when they're online and accessible from anywhere with an Internet connection, can be a really helpful learning and productivity tool. You can sync Remember the Milk with your classroom's Google calendar, get alerts sent via SMS or email, and share tasks with your students and their parents. Collaborative task management means no more miscommunications, forgotten forms or missed appointments.
99. CoSketch: Whiteboards, like chalkboards before them, are a time-tested classroom tool. Take your whiteboarding to the next level with CoSketch, which not only lets you take your lessons online, but lets your students get in on the fun. So whether you have visual, auditory or kinesthetic learners, everyone will have a chance to see, hear and participate in the day's lesson.
100. YouTube: Video is an incredible learning tool, especially for visual and auditory learners. YouTube even has a dedicated education channel, full of interesting videos that cater to special education students' individual interests. Want to chat about the world's roundest object or the science of parallel universes? You'll find that here.
101. FlockDraw: Most online whiteboards are just that: whiteboards. FlockDraw, while billed as a whiteboard, is more of a collaborative drawing tool. For children who learn best through creativity and art, FlockDraw is a free solution to help them create masterpieces, together or individually.
102. Mural.ly: Here's another tool that's sure to satisfy your creatives: Mural.ly, an online whiteboard where you can drag-and-drop links, documents and media-rich files.
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Shopping in Brentwood/Cool Springs, TN
Shopping in Brentwood, TN includes many boutiques, a mall, and many independent local stores and shops.
Whether you like to shop in upscale boutiques, specialty shops or big box malls, Brentwood and Cool Springs are well-equipped to fit your needs. Here's some of what the area has to offer.
Brentwood has its fair share of boutiques, ranging from trendy to chic. Blush, relatively new but steadily gaining fame, recently earned recognition as one of the top three Local Women's Boutiques by Nashville Scene magazine. The store prides itself on offering the hottest fashions at affordable prices. And you can count on the clothes to be unique – Blush receives 80+ new styles a week and only six of each item.
If you're in the mood to splurge, make a stop in Stacey Rhodes Boutique. The store sports selections of clothes, accessories, skin-care products and shoes both from Rhodes' own collection as well as well-known designers like Badgley Mischka and London Fog. Also prominent in Brentwood's boutique scene is Import Boutique.
Brentwood's other big seller is shoes, and stores dedicated solely to the shoe aren't hard to find. For high fashion at half the price, head to Marti & Liz in nearby Cool Springs. The store sells gently used brand-name shoes at extremely affordable prices.
The area also has its share of shoe warehouses, including DSW. For an active lifestyle, Brentwood's Fleet Feet has an impressive selection of tennis and running shoes, and a staff that can help you pick out the perfect pair.
Cool Springs
The center of Cool Springs shopping, the CoolSprings Galleria, offers just about any kind of store you could ask for. Shoppers have their choice of big anchor stores – Belk, Macy's, Dillard's, JCPenney and Sears – as well as a variety of smaller shops, such as Forever 21, Gap, Jos. A. Banks and Banana Republic. Other stores include Bare Escentuals, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma and much more.
Thoroughbred Village
Down the road on Cool Springs Boulevard, a shopping center with essentials like TJ Maxx and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse awaits. Smaller stores such as White House Black Market and the Cosmetic Market are there as well.
Store Listing
Blush, 782 Old Hickory Blvd.
Stacey Rhodes Boutique, 144 Franklin Rd.
Import Boutique, 5601 Clovermeade Dr., (615) 373-2103
DSW Shoe Warehouse, 1626 Galleria Blvd.
Fleet Feet, 330 Franklin Rd.
Cool Springs
Marti and Liz, 2000 Mallory Ln., Franklin, TN 37067
CoolSprings Galleria, 1800 Galleria Blvd.
Thoroughbred Village, 545 Cool Springs Blvd.
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hi all!
yes, i've read the post's here in regards to rendering and that neat little message that says, "memory all used up, bud!"
with 2 gigs of ram, radeon 9600 pro card, p4 3.0 ghz chip...i'm finding this a lot hard to believe.
right now i have a scene with 2 million polys and i can't render anything above "final" (i think that's whats after production/test mode)...and even then i have to drop the dpi down below 300. it will write to disk and get stuck at 99% and lock up. silly.
now i know it's a big scene but not even being able to render it is stupid...if it takes hours on hours that's one thing, at least it's rendered though!
any help would be appreciated.