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So, this thread has two big things I wanted to ask/discuss with other parents. First, DS's second birthday is coming up, and we want him to have a party with his friends from story time and the neighborhood, etc, with a no-gifts thing (is there a nice way to say this on the invites?), some healthy snacks and a nice homemade cake for everyone to share. Either afterwards or the night before we were planning on having a small, family celebration with a yummy meal and presents afterwards. We are planning on getting him 2 things so far- one is a nice, real precious metal bracelet from a store I know nearby and the other is a tricycle. I want to get him the jewelry to be kind of like a heirloom piece, kwim? It seems like a much better way to show how valuable and loved he is than cheap plastic junk, but maybe not to him... The bike is of course for fun... But when I was telling my family about this they thought I was nuts. Why didn't I want everyone to bring him gifts (answer: they would bring annoying junk to clutter the house that he would not play with, and their presence is what matters anyways)? Why didn't we buy him more fun stuff? And why don't you two buy him more stuff anyways, the poor child has nothing to play with! Well I told them that we don't feel the need to buy him a lot of stuff he will not play with, and also explained about the commercial aspect of EVERYTHING you can buy in a place like walmart and toys-r-us and the sweat shops etc and that we DO buy him stuff, we just don't feel he needs power wheels and thomas the train and hot wheels and video games and movies and ten kinds of bubbles and etc etc etc... But they think i am being mean and not wanting to spend our money on him. I don't know, I feel like I am rambling now! basically, i do not want to spoil him I guess- you know, the kid who whines and screams because he can't have a new toy every time we are in a store? And also I feel having fewer "defined" toys like action figures and stuff means he has to be less creative that if we give him, say, a ball and a small box, and he goes out back and kicks it around and collects rocks and leaves to make a pile in the box. I want him to appreciate what he does get, know that is a good quality, that we put effort into it and it is not an entitlement. Does this make sense or am I just being mean?
Here is my take - people like to give gifts, I think people usually put thought and effort into a gift they give (even if it isn't what we would like) and giving gifts is usually a part of a birthday celebration (at least where I live). I know people will disagree with me, but I think it is rude to give gift giving instructions of any sort, unless directly asked by the potential gift giver. So, my approach has been to do one of two things - 1) if asked what DS wants (or when he was a baby/toddler, what we want for him) I had something in mind ahead of time that they could contribute to (like a big outdoor toy or more expensive thing) or something they could add to (for a long time DS was into Plan City - so they could add to that). Or 2) graciously accept gifts, let DS open them slowly and we ended up donating a lot of them to a daycare center at a center for homeless families. The daycare center teachers were always happy for the toy donations, I felt like they went to a good cause and they didn't clutter our house. Of course, if DS was really into something he got, even if it wasn't something I would have picked, he could keep it. A kids birthday isn't really the time to impart my beliefs about materialism, consumerism, etc., ykwim?
I think that what a child internalizes about material goods and materialism goes so far beyond getting a number of presents on their birthday. There are all the rest of the days of the year when you go into a store and don't buy something, there are lessons in giving away what you don't truly need or want, lessons in daily life about how you as a family treat material goods and what you buy and use, etc. I think that how you live your daily life will have so much more impact on how your child relates to material goods than trying to restrict presents one day a year. And, truthfully, from what I have seen/experienced, it is a loosing battle anyways!
i couldn't agree more, OP.
we actually plant fruit trees on our childrens' birthdays. it's meaningful and definitely does cost something so its not like we're being cheap, and this way by the time my daughter is in her teens she'll have a veritable orchard at her disposal! The kids also really like feeling included in our landscaping and she is so proud of the tiny cherries that finally appeared this summer on her 'Birthday Tree'. i want her to see that there's other ways to celebrate milestones and other sorts of gifts to give loved ones, as opposed to the plastic kind.
you are absolutely not being mean! i think its so much nicer to not habituate kids on unsustainable (for their own happiness, not just the environment) kinds of entertainment. and i think a good (polite) way to get around gifts for a party is to let your child pick a charity of their own choosing and note on the invitation that the child would like donations made to that charity in lieu of gifts. nobody can argue with charities, right? for our two older boys we are thinking of depositing a hundred dollars every year onto a kiva account for them. (kiva.org - amazing mico-loan online site) so they can pick different people and groups around the world to sponsor with microloans. It will help them understand about world economics, feel empowered to enact change, and even teach them a little about business investments.
personally, for casual friends and acquaintences i don't think its inappropriate to discourage gifts. they actually might be relieved. however, i can understand grandparents and close family members and family friends genuinely wanting to give gifts to your child on their special day and i don't think its right to restrict that. anyway, we can't block the entire dysfunctional material culture out and it's good for kids to learn flexibility and moderation as opposed to puritanical intolerance.
anyway, happy second birthday to your little one!
personally, for casual friends and acquaintences i don't think its inappropriate to discourage gifts. they actually might be relieved. however, i can understand grandparents and close family members and family friends genuinely wanting to give gifts to your child on their special day and i don't think its right to restrict that.
I agree with this. I still feel badly about DS's last (2nd) birthday party because I included the "No gifts" thing on the invitations and people really WANTED to give him gifts. We had only invited a few close friends anyway and they did end up bringing very thoughtful gifts for DS and it opened my eyes to the fact that most people WANT to give a beloved child presents. It's kind of... IDK, not fair... to say, "Don't give my kid any gifts, I'm going to do that myself & there won't be room for anyone else to contribute," you know? Next time I will just leave the option of giving up to the giver so there is no awkwardness. But like the above poster said, I don't think there's anything wrong with it if you're just inviting a lot of acquaintances (school friends or something?), some of them will be glad not to have to find a gift for a kid they don't know that well.
Now, I do understand your sentiment to have minimal clutter and materialism and maximize creativity and enjoyment of experiences over things. I feel the same way. We actually choose to minimize our own giving to DS -- he generally gets a couple of small handmade items or thrift-store books for holidays/bday/etc., or sometimes the party itself is the gift. Then if people ask what he wants for his birthday, I can give them ideas of things I would buy if we WERE shopping for him. So in your case, I might suggest people chip in on the tricycle, and just give him the sentimental jewelry yourself. But that's just my way of approaching it, I can understand if YOU really want to give him the bike... I guess I'm just pointing out that I would try not to ask something of my guests that I'm not willing to do myself.
Because his birthday party was so small, we didn't end up with unwanted gifts, but some family members did go overboard at Christmas time. We brought home piles of presents that he never even opened... I ended up peeking in the paper and returning/donating all the things I didn't feel comfortable with him having, and only let him open a few. I kind of feel mean doing that because they are HIS gifts, but he was too little to know the difference and he gets very overwhelmed by too much stuff so there was no way we could keep all that in the house anyway (hoping next year I can convince them to limit their giving just a bit... maybe 10 gifts instead of 20??? lol) So you might consider not having your kiddo open gifts at the party, which will give you the opportunity to sort through them first, plus avoid awkward feelings by anyone who chose not to bring a gift. And if people ask what they can give, you can suggest simple things like crayons, paint, books, etc. I do get annoyed when people ask for money or charitable donations, it's not something I'm comfortable with (I may not want to support that particular charity or may not have enough money to give a decent, appropriate amount of cash)...
You do make sense and I don't think you are being mean. I agree with the poster who said that allowing the grandparents to buy a toy would be good. We limit my mom to one toy per occasion, but she is also allowed to buy clothes, art supplies, or savings bonds. (We had to make that rule, she was out of control)
As far as friends, some kids enjoy the present part of party, and if you wanted to, as he gets older and understands more, you could have people bring donations for an animal shelter (or other worthy cause that a child could get excited about )
I think there is a happy middle ground on this issue.
but everything has pros and cons
mommy212, I totally understand where you are coming from on these points... I also think that there are some good ideas from people who have responded. I just wanted to add that in addition to the branding issues (e.g. when your child comes to believe that the only lunchbox they can have is the one with the newest movie character, because that is what it popular, valuable, mainstream, etc.) and the suppression of creative play (e.g. whatever happened to plain old tubs of Play-Doh or other modeling clay; nowadays you can buy Play-Doh that comes with all you need to make whatever's shown on the box-- no imagination required there!), the stereotyping of what boys and girls are interested in with drives me crazy, too. And it bugs me when not only is the product something that isn't earth-friendly/sustainable, it is gift-wrapped, too. For my family, we certainly want to have our children enjoy themselves on their special day, but, we also want our children to grow up with particular values... and we'll need to guide them and also lead by example, right from the start. So, yeah, I totally get you mommy212!
no matter what you do i am not sure you are able to control this. till they are 5 and even older - its all about me me me. just coz they are asking doesnt mean they are spoilt. there are strategies to help with that. dd still does this, even though she knows she is not going to get anything.
as others have pointed out for your family its a way of contributing. they have been brought up that a child is meant to have a lot of toys and junk food. you are asking them to undo years of conditioning which is not that easy to do for them. you sticking to your guns shows them there IS another way.
you have to find a happy medium for your family that fits in with your philosophy.
is he their first grandchild?
i know what you are talking about. i understand. just make sure you dont let your family walk all over you, nor do you do the same with too many rules.
material philosophy has nothing really to do with bday presents. its more about how YOU guys live your life and if your actions match your words.
Sorry I was unclear! I am not asking family not to get him gifts, just acquaintances who are coming to the party... If family lived nearby I would have them come to the dinner where we gave him presents as well, but unfortunately we are all in different states. He is the only grandchild for my parents, and the second and only boy on dh's side (they were very excited about a grandson). Thanks for all the ideas and advice everyone :)
I'm a teacher and have rarely seen young kids get locked into one type of play with a defined toy. My DS (7) got some Zhu Zhu Pets and track for his birthday the other day. He and DD (4) combined the track with tons of Magna-Tiles and created a "Habitrail" like enclosed track for the pets to roam through. Complete with magnetic doors that open and close. Hot Wheels and Thomas trains get used in much the same way and are very treasured my my kids.
I think that if you want to have a big party with neighborhood kids and storytime kids but want no presents, don't have that party be a birthday party. Just have a party for summer or something. Then people won't feel they should bring gifts. Let them bring chips or a cut veggie or something and then everyone has fun, you get to plan a party, and you don't have all the stuff and gift policy to worry about.
For family, I personally feel that if you want to invite them to a party, you should let them give the kid a gift. If they want. I feel you can tell family "don't worry about a gift" or "if you really want to get him something, a book you really loved as a kid would be great".
Sorry I was unclear! I am not asking family not to get him gifts, just acquaintances who are coming to the party... If family lived nearby I would have them come to the dinner where we gave him presents as well, but unfortunately we are all in different states. He is the only grandchild for my parents, and the second and only boy on dh's side (they were very excited about a grandson). Thanks for all the ideas and advice everyone :)
My neighbor just had a little get-together (just for neighbors, the family party was another day) for her son's birthday, and she did it really well but still ended up with a bunch of gifts. She just sent out a text the day before saying, "Hey, tomorrow is DS's birthday and I thought it'd be fun to surprise him by having some friends from the neighborhood over for popsicles. If you can make it, swing by around 12:30." Because of the short notice and the very casual nature of the invitation, I (correctly) interpreted it to mean that it was just a little well-wishing get-together and that presents weren't necessary, so we didn't get him anything, but almost everyone else showed up with a gift bag. I felt a little embarrassed at first, but the hostess said, "For those of you who brought gifts, that wasn't necessary but thank you very much. For anyone who didn't, please don't worry about it, we just wanted to spend some time with our friends." There's no easy way to go about it, either on the invitation or in person, but I really thought she did a great job in making everyone feel appreciated.
Even when "no gifts" is specified, I think most people feel bad when they go to a party without bringing something...like it's bad manners, or like you weren't really serious about the no gifts thing. PP's have suggested some great ideas for a middle ground like donations to charity. And maybe there's a way to make it more personal to him? Like ask everyone to bring a copy of their favorite children's book with an inscription to the birthday boy. Or have a "cards only" party and ask everyone to do a homemade card/drawing/note. Or have an art party and ask everyone to bring inexpensive art supplies...they could use them to contribute to a joint masterpiece to present to your son at the end of the party.
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For the neighborhood party, what about asking people to bring a new/used board book for a book exchange?
We are running into a similar issue as we plan our DD's first birthday party. We do not want gifts, yet our families tend to DUMP kids with tons and tons of stuff. I get stressed out just thinking how much money, materials, time, etc would be spent for a couple minutes of thrills. She's 1. She'd be happy with a box and a couple used books. But nobody would take us seriously if we told them that. And somehow, donating those gifts after the party just feels kind of... deceiving... toward my family. There is a lot of heart but toward picking stuff out, but really is just a bunch of plastic that will end up in a landfill or someone's basement. Argh.
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Lots of great ideas here. Along the lines of a middle ground with art supplies, my DS was way into plants (still is, grows grapes) and we had a planting party (birthday is in May so this worked). Everyone was asked to bring a packet of seeds, there own they saved or cuttings for a plant. For an activity we all planted sunflower seeds in newspaper pots for the kids to take home.
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Lots of great ideas here. Along the lines of a middle ground with art supplies, my DS was way into plants (still is, grows grapes) and we had a planting party (birthday is in May so this worked). Everyone was asked to bring a packet of seeds, there own they saved or cuttings for a plant. For an activity we all planted sunflower seeds in newspaper pots for the kids to take home.
I love this idea! We actually don't do birthday parties or traditional holidays, but last summer ds had "for no reason" party....we cooked out, had cupcakes decorated with stuff he normally doesn't get to eat, a few new outside toys, and he had a great time. He still talks about it. This year he is older so he understands that some kids do extravagant birthday parties with lots of stuff (which we wouldn't do even if we did birthday parties.) This is a great middle ground idea.
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I have just witnessed my 5 year old Grand-daughter get 30 birthday presents at her party! She cried throughout her party because she wanted to open them all there and then. The following she has another party for her family with lots more presents. Disney princess merchandise galore!! It is so saddening as this is robbing her of any future joy in receiving and appreciating gifts.
To be honest - half of the time I think that the party and gifts is mainly to meet the needs of the mother.
We usually only give dd a couple of presents for her birthday. I also view the party or any other celebratory activities as a gift from us though. We do whatever dd wants. I bake her a cake and spend time decorating it. We decorate the house. We acknowledge her birthday in a lot of ways that aren't wrapped in a box with a bow on top.
I've never told other people not to give dd presents but most of our family don't even acknowledge the day with a card or a phone call much less a gift so it really isn't a concern.
I think gifts like art supplies are nice because they are things that get used up.
I don't think you are wrong to limit gifts. After witnessing many other kids tearing through mounds of gifts and tossing them aside I feel that less presents leads to better appreciation.
Kim ~mom to one awesome dd (12)
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I have just witnessed my 5 year old Grand-daughter get 30 birthday presents at her party! She cried throughout her party because she wanted to open them all there and then. The following she has another party for her family with lots more presents. Disney princess merchandise galore!! It is so saddening as this is robbing her of any future joy in receiving and appreciating gifts.
To be honest - half of the time I think that the party and gifts is mainly to meet the needs of the mother.
I don't think it's fair to say that because she had a tantrum at her party she'll be forever robbed of the joys of gift giving/receiving. Your granddaughter will probably grow up to be just fine (although 30 gifts is excessive I agree).
I've only been invited to two "no gifts" parties. At one (a boy in ds2's preschool), we were the only family that didn't show up with a gift, anyway. I felt uncomfortable, but mostly rolled with it, a gifts weren't opened at the party. DS2 was really embarrassed.
The other party was only three families, and only one brought a gift (a stuffed owl that the mom had made - I think she was working on it before she found out about the "no gifts" thing). It was okay, but...yeah. There is an expectation of gifts, and lots of people won't honour the "no gifts". Sometimes, they feel as though you're just playing games. Sometimes, they just don't feel comfortable with it.
We've never done a no gifts party, for a variety of reasons. But, gifts also aren't in overkill around here. At dd1's party (three weeks ago), she had two guests who didn't bring gifts (both family, and both flat broke), and her other gifts spanned a wide range of styles and "price points". She loved all but one of them, and it was a really good try at a gift she'd like - just didn't quite hit. (It was a crafty thing, but very gimmicky. DD1 likes to make up her own things, not follow instructions. She does like the bracelets it makes, though!)
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90% of the parties we attend are fairly large of the all-kids-from-preschool invited type. All the kids...all...have more than enough and probably too much. Almost all of the parties are "no gifts please" or some variation. It is very very nice to just enjoy the party and it is very, very nice to not to deal with the pile at junk. Gifts just are not part of the equation and for this I am more than happy to overlook the etiquette of not mentioning gifts ever. For the rare party we attend that is not gift-free I only ever bring art supplies or books unless I know the child super-well and have something very special in mind. And usually I mail them from amazon and we don't physically take them. My kids don't even associate parties with gifts.
We do buy rather nice gifts for nephews and nieces and the kids know and participate in those. But usually it is a single, nice item and I try and buy handmade, ethically made goods whenever possible.
Oh, how I love no gifts toddler parties. We've been to a few of each, and the parties with gifts feel so....like I'm spending random money on someone I barely know for no reason. It's odd to me to expect people you don't really know to buy you (or your kid) something. The little ones have fun playing with each other, they may grasp the fact that the party is FOR one of their little friends, but...come on. We had a small party with close friends for our daughter's 2nd birthday this spring, then a week later it was Easter, and we had a family gathering for her birthday with cake and gifts. By the time it was over, I wanted to purge my house of all toys and only eat carrots for a week. It is soooo easy for it to all just to become too much. I think you are completely in the right to want to limit the "stuff." Or at least chuck a bunch of it right in the give-away pile.
I'm more uncomfortable when people ask for "no gifts" actually. Do they really mean it? Are other people going to bring gifts anyway? I don't know. I always bring a gift. I like getting a child a gift. My kids enjoy picking out a present for their friend. I think it's good for kids to have practice doing that too. At no gift parties I feel like about half the people bring gifts, and I think this makes everyone uncomfortable. It makes the people who didn't bring gifts uncomfortable and the people who did, and probably the host as well.
On average, 1/20 people bring a giftto our no-gift parties but there are lots of handmade cards and drawings.
I don't have time to read the replies but I wanted to respond because I have gone through this in every way possible.
First off .. no one should be telling you what YOU should buy for YOUR kid. I'd tell whoever that is, even if it's your parents to myob.
At first I told everyone no gifts at all. They did think I was a witch, they really wanted to buy gifts. They were offended and it's a big long story but eventually I finally realized it wasn't worth hurting people we love and want in dd's life over some plastic junk twice a year (xmas & birthday).
So now I try to direct close family and friends towards things we would like dd to have, especially experiences like the zoo and kids museum, etc. Some of them still buy her some junk but they've gotten much better about it. Even with dd being school age now, we talk about the gifts that may not be right for her and either regift them to friends we are sure would want them or donate them and she's okay with that.
We've also tried throwing parties with donation themes. DD was really into animals so we threw an animal themed party and asked everyone to bring a gift for the shelter animals instead of dd. Most people were happy to, a few brought a donation and a gift for dd. In the end, I think it worked out really well.
My point is, it's best to be honest and try and direct and redirect to things that are appropriate to your values but in the end people can spend their money on whatever they want and it is ungrateful to just flat out refuse a heartfelt gift even if it's not what you have chosen. I would still let people know how you feel about things but just like they can't change what you are buying your son with their arguments, you won't change theirs. If they are worth having in your life, and you've tried all else just accept the gift and give it to charity.
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How do you know your son won't play with toys? Most kids who are 2 like toys unless there's a developmental issue. Toddlers love bright colors and things that move. I don't really understand why you don't want him to have those things.
If you're afraid he's going to get junk toys, how about suggesting some of the LeapFrog toys, or Plan toys? They're stimiluating and educational.
"Don't give my kid any gifts, I'm going to do that myself & there won't be room for anyone else to contribute," you know?
I agree with this. I think it is mean. Not for child, as he is only 2 and doesn't know the difference anyways, but certainly mean for the grandparents, close friends. Just think how you would feel if you were a grandma and you picked out this amazing toy that you thought your grandchild would love and it totally fit your gift appropriate values and then your child said, no way only we get to get him anything.
There are always threads like this on here and I don't understand it. I really think people need to let go of some control over who gives gifts and what is given as a gift. At 2 you can still totally control what he plays with and donate the truely objectionable and say it was too big, broke, lost, saving until he is older,or other excuse to the giver. A lot harder to do that with an older child. What will happen when a friend or relative gives your child a bey blade or other plastic/metal/non biodegradlabe toy which may or may not also have other merchandise and cartoons to go with it AND he LOVES IT!
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The first Hometown Heroes event took place in 2010 and honored those who had served during the first eight years of the Global War on Terrorism. Today's ceremony, the second ever, thanked the airmen who have served on more than 30 consecutive days of active duty between Jan. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2010.
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"Our families are the ones who have the toughest jobs. When we deploy, we go forward and we are very focused on what we are doing, everything is structured for us and laid out. For our families, there is no instruction manual on how to run a household with four kids while their loved one is deployed for 6 months to a year. I can't say it enough, thank you to the families of the 119th Wing and the National Guard as a whole," Col. Rick Gibney, 119th Wing commander, told the families in the audience.
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The Hollywood studio system has taken over the so-called independent filmmakers, reports Scott Timberg.
It came from a credit card, from a body sold to science, from the insurance payout on a car crash. Or so said the mythology.
Advocates of the independent film movement love to point out how its key movies emerged not from a studio machine but from scrappy young directors cobbling money together and bent on pursuing their visions.
They were to be our home-grown Godards and Antonionis - or heirs to two-fisted American mavericks like Cassavetes and Peckinpah.
The rhetoric behind the movement, fuelling the film festivals that helped the movies get seen, was populist shading into utopian - these directors would explode genres, tackle taboos, democratise Hollywood.
The suits were out; in came video clerks, literature professors, guys who'd always wanted to make smart, character-driven films but never had the means until Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape in 1989 showed that fresh, inventive filmmakers could come out of nowhere.
Directors like the cocky Quentin Tarantino and the gawky Wes Anderson became cover boys and hipster celebrities.
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico, a bloody, extravagant epic that feels like Hollywood product, comes from Robert Rodriguez, whose 1992 El Mariachi was made for $US7000, which he raised largely by leasing his body for medical experiments.
The comic School of Rock, also a big studio film but with an unusually sweet sensibility, was directed by Richard Linklater, whose 1991 Slacker possessed an unhurried pace and coffee-shop-philosopher tone that supposedly defined a generation.
And the slick but still personal Kill Bill Vol. 1 is only the third film Quentin Tarantino has directed since 1992's Reservoir Dogs, a movie that redefined cinema violence and launched a thousand imitators.
His Pulp Fiction is still the most emblematic "indie" film, known for its fragmented storytelling and lowlife poetry, even though it was distributed by Disney subsidiary Miramax.
Each of these three movies, with widely varying critical receptions, was the highest-grossing film the weekend it opened in the US.
Clearly this gang of Gen-X auteurs - directors who broke through with independent films in the 1990s, mostly through the Sundance Film Festival - has established itself as a force.
But did this generation that spearheaded the 1990s independent film movement do anything to change the way movies are made?
How many of them have lived up to the high artistic expectations that greeted their debuts? Can they compare to earlier anti-Hollywood movements, especially the 1970s mavericks?
A few years after the decade's closing, film historians and journalists are pursuing these questions in earnest.
For instance, Peter Biskind's Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film, and The New York Times's Sharon Waxman is writing a book about indie directors who brought their idiosyncratic styles to the studios.
Historian Emanuel Levy is revising 1999's Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film, the era's most complete record.
Optimists point to the Academy Awards, in which films such as About Schmidt, Far From Heaven, Adaptation and Punch-Drunk Love - from indie-bred directors Alexander Payne, Todd Haynes, Spike Jonze and Paul Thomas Anderson - won nominations and showed they could produce distinctive films, with Hollywood casts, within the studio.
It's proof, they say, that the '90s indie generation has come of age. After working on the fringes, the best of them are now "trying to bring auteur-style filmmaking into mainstream Hollywood", Waxman says, "at a time when the studios are owned by big corporations not interested in risky or envelope-pushing work".
"It's no different from Hollywood importing European directors in the '20s and '30s, Murnau and Lang and Fred Zinnemann and Billy Wilder," Levy says.
"Hollywood is a very shrewd system, and they realise there is a huge disparity between the people who give the industry its bottom line - Michael Bay, say - and those who give it its soul."
Good films mean good awards seats. Last year Warner Bros president Alan Horn said: "Let's just say, with my tickets to the Golden Globes this year, they sent me binoculars."
The studio recently launched Warner Independent Pictures, a name unimaginable in indie's fire-breathing early days.
The nomenclature itself has become tricky. In the 1990s, Variety began calling "independent" distributors such as October and Fox Searchlight "mini-majors."
To skeptics, though, the indie movement was more about marketing than art.
"We're at a moment when 'independent film' has become part of a brand name," says Stuart Klawans, film critic for The Nation.
He says that sex, lies, and videotape raised commercial expectations that peaked with Pulp Fiction, but that these were not confluent with the movement.
The achievement of these directors, though, is hard to dismiss. Haynes's career, for instance, began with the radical work of the new queer cinema, wound through Safe, a detached but powerful reframing of the disease-film genre, and then did Far From Heaven, one of the year's best reviewed films.
Jonze found his way into cinema through retro rock and skateboard videos; his films, Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, both written by Charlie Kaufman, are kinetic, surreal and Borgesian.
Directors like these have taken independent film beyond the Reservoir Dogs clones and callow coming-of-age films that limited the genre in the early and mid-'90s. Their subject matter is all over the place.
"What these filmmakers share is a certain irony and humour that's shot through with sometimes violent, sometimes very emotionally dramatic material," says Waxman.
What is also apparent is that indie directors often acquire credibility by casting A-list actors who work cheap, which has also opened the door for foreign directors.
Lesher calls 21 Grams, by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Amores Perros) with Naomi Watts, a movie that would never have been made before the '90s.
"It was a huge achievement to throw off the Hollywood yoke and make viable commercial art movies," Biskind says.
"Especially considering what things were like in the late '80s. There was some stuff here and there - by John Sayles, the Coen brothers, Spike Lee - but at that point none of those pictures had made over $US25 million. To go from that to over $US100 (million) with Pulp Fiction was a whole new world."
Some question whether the independent films really have any independent spirit, especially when in 1993 Disney bought Miramax.
"What the 'movement' is about is a commercial reconsolidation of the film industry," says The Nation's Klawans.
"Because it used to be, when you had a studio system, you had a balanced program each year. So many super-productions, so many A pictures, so many B pictures, so many shorts. So the bets were hedged across the board."
These days, he says, films with A-sized budgets come out on Warner Bros, while B pictures come out on Fine Line, a Time Warner company.
Peter Rainer, critic for New York magazine, thinks too much was made of independent films.
"There was such a thirst for a new direction in American movies that everyone cut the so-called independent movies a lot of slack," he says.
"A lot of these movies are visually undistinguished, the acting is highly variable, and they really don't show anything besides a desire to create a resume for studio work."
The '90s were different from earlier decades of underground film in that there were new funding sources, festivals, film magazines, award shows, cable TV stations and boutique 'indie' distributors.
Earlier directors had to fight harder, and it showed in the work, Rainer says.
"When David Lynch began, with Eraserhead and so forth, these films seemed to come totally out of a private place, a fully formed artist right out of the gate. While for a long time the independent movie was a kid maxing out his father's credit card, getting his friends together for sub-Scorsese goombah fests."
Klawans too is dubious of the indies: "There was an actual independent film movement in the '50s and '60s, with Cassavetes and Shirley Clarke and Stan Brakhage. It was really about content that couldn't get into the other movies - if you were going to do a film about racial subjects, like in Shadows, or sexual subjects, like Jim Broughton's films."
The term "independent film," Klawans argues, is mostly nostalgic.
Indie generation godfather John Waters disagrees. "I don't think things were better in the old days," says Waters, whose first feature was Pink Flamingos in 1972.
"I think it's better now. And it's harder for them: There were more taboos back then. There aren't any taboos now. But studios are now looking for what they call 'edge'. When I was young, they weren't even looking."
To its fans, though, the movement has a lot to be proud of.
"The evolution of American independent film as an institutional force, as a viable industry," Levy says, "is the most positive aspect in American pop culture in the last quarter-century."
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Money 101: How To Save For The Big Stuff
Let's face it, saving money is a bitch. But all the big stuff in life — car, college, marriage, kids, travel — have equally big dollar signs attached. To minimize debt, saving for these expenditures ahead of time is important. Here are six effective strategies to set money aside — and keep it there.
Separate Accounts
My favorite personal finance dude at Man v Debt advocates minimizing accounts. Unless you struggle to track your finances, which is now made easy by digital banking, this is unnecessary. The single best strategy for saving is to set up a separate account for the money with no cards attached. Do this for EVERY goal that you need to save for in order to accomplish. This way, that saved money is hard to get; you have to walk into a bank or actually transfer it out. Impulses: denied! It also forces you to keep a minimum balance, which can be helpful in keeping money there.
Name The Separate Accounts
While you are opening said accounts or once they are open, name them, which is normally an online banking option. My checking account says "discretionary", one of my savings accounts says "textbooks," a second one is "living," a third is "taxes" and so on. Title your accounts with what the money is for, like "New Baby" or "Kitchen Remodel" or "Paris." This is a great strategy to provide a cognitive link between your finances and your life.
Direct Deposit To The Accounts
The easiest way to make saving automatic is to split the direct deposit of your paycheck so that some goes straight into the hard-to-reach savings account named after your goal. Direct deposit forms let you specify a percentage or amount of money to transfer in. If you are paid in paper checks, arrange for "automatic transfers" via online banking or with the bank directly. For instance, every 10 days you may transfer $10 into your "Own apartment" account. You won't miss this money much, and you can increase transfers based on the cost of your target goal.
Invest In Indexes
An easy way to grow savings is to invest some of it in "indexes." This is like the S+P 100, or the Dow 30 — a sample of leading companies that represent a specific industry (like, retail index) or economy (U.S., or emerging markets, etc). Buying an index fund gets you a little piece of the many firms the index fund owns. It's cheap because no one "manages" or trades on it. Accordingly, indexes do only as well as the companies they own. Performance tends to be higher growth than the interest on savings accounts, but riskier; if the index falls, so do your savings. You can also arrange automatic transfers from your savings accounts into your E-Trade account, for example. Get ready to start worrying about the Dow!
Minimize The Amount Of $$$ In Your Checking Account
Overspending is the enemy of saving. So keep most of your money out of your checking account, and opt out of overdraft protection. This helps grow your cash, minimizes your losses from a stolen purse, and makes it hard to overspend. If you overcharge your debit card, it will be declined. At first, you may mess up; try not to bounce a check. But it only takes one instance of that humiliation to learn to pay attention and track purchases.
Make A Little More Money
My final suggestion is a side job: dog walking, driving seniors around, tutoring, whatever. Something you can do where you put the earnings directly — and only — into your special savings accounts. It's amazing how doing this helps small amounts add up.
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Masturbation. It is the art of of providing sexual gratification to ones self. It has existed since humans have understood that in the their hands lies the ability to satisfy. Since the beginning of time humans, especially men, have received some of their most intense orgasms while masturbating. It starts at a very young age and over time masturbation becomes part of some men's regular routine. They start understanding their sexual pleasures and desires and through the art of masturbating attempt to escape reality for a moment to discover a new sexual paradise.
Masturbating can be enjoyed by everyone because anyone can do it. Most men masturbate in private to eliminate the embarrassment of reaching their sexual peak alone. (It's also illegal in many places to masturbate in public-lol). Over time several props such as the "pocket pussy" have been created to help intensify the pleasures of masturbating. While there are no set rules for masturbating, everyone can agree that the excitement of an orgasm is better experienced in the presence of another person. Whether watching them or them watching you, listening to them or them listening to you, the thought of another person enjoying you masturbating develops a feeling of having actual sexual contact with someone. This feeling is 10 times greater when you are guided through your masturbation under the supervision of a woman who enjoys directing the art of masturbating.
Guided masturbation, on the other hand, is always erotic and never the same. It challenges men's sexual agility to be pleasing which is not experienced while masturbating alone. Providing sexual gratification to ones self under the guidance of a beautiful woman takes away the possibility of sex ever becoming boring. Every guided masturbation session becomes as intense as the first because just as a man begins to think they know what to expect, everything changes and they are left several strokes away from an orgasm like no other.
Masturbating alone involves no self control and men are able to climax at anytime. In fact, the estimated time of ejaculation can usually be determined from previous solo masturbating experiences. While the end result of "cumming" is always pleasurable, when the journey to a persons climax is not predictable, as with guided masturbation, the level of pleasure can not be measured on the same scale as climaxing during solo masturbation or even actual sex.
There is also a level of vulnerability during guided masturbation that is pleasing to both men and women. For men, knowing that the simple task of masturbating only at the request of a woman becomes a sexual game to please her. For women, being able to control a man's orgasm is a treat in itself. Everyone knows that men ejaculate easier and faster than women so being able to delay and deny that process from happening so quickly gives women great pleasure.
While masturbating alone men usually ignore the fact that there are other levels of arousal that can be explored while masturbating and simply ejaculate, sometimes without warning. During guided masturbation, the new levels of arousal are not only explored but are visited several times without ejaculating. This means that a man can masturbate and instead of "cumming" as they usually do when the urge hits them, they fight through the temptation and hold it.
This is why it is very important to have someone who is very experienced and enjoys providing masturbation guidance like myself. Just because masturbating was originally designed to be enjoyed alone, why should you. There are women like me who find pleasure in guiding a man to the highest level of sexual elation. It is very erotic being able to listening to a man climax as he strokes then abruptly making him stop right before he is about to release. Hearing him moan and beg for permission to continue stroking becomes music to the ears.
Through guided masturbation a different type of sexual relationship is formed. There's the man who may have never discovered the joys of resisting the temptations of his cock. Then there's the woman who already understands that all good things cum to those who wait. The combination of the two leads to a discovery of a sexual universe that is often left uninhabited.
Guided masturbation is for those men who are turned on by the natural tease and denial of women and are ready to momentarily give up complete control of their cocks. As stated earlier, anyone can masturbate because there is no real skill involve-just different techniques. It takes a real man to be able to let a woman have her way with his cock. How real are you?
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TOP STORY >>Pay raises for mayor, chiefs in the works
Leader staff writer
Most members of the Cabot City Council met twice this week to discuss the proposed $8.2 million budget for 2008 and found little fault with the numbers for public works, fire and police.
They will meet again Monday, Nov. 26 to go over Mayor Eddie Joe Williams request for $10,000 for raises for department heads to be divvied up as he sees fit. They also will likely discuss a raise for the mayor who at $58,643 is paid less than the city attorney and the police chief who are paid $66,621 and $58,879 respectively.
Alderman Eddie Cook, chairman of the budget committee, has said the mayors salary needs to be high enough to attract qualified candidates for office. At the current level, it attracts only retirees with other income sources, he said.
Alderman Ed Long, chairman of the public works committee, was unable to attend the Thursday meeting, which focused on fire and police, but he did attend the Tuesday meeting which covered public works.
Due to illness, Alderman Virgil Teague has not attended a meeting since early summer. But on Thursday night a partially constructed wheelchair ramp in the council chambers indicated that his return is imminent.
After a brief discussion Tuesday night, the council told the mayor to add about $8,000 to the budget so that all employees can be rewarded for staying with the city.
For many years, Cabot firefighters received bonuses of $30 a year for each year they have been employed. Former Mayor Stubby Stumbaugh extended the bonuses to the police.
Tuesday night, the mayor asked the council members to give the bonuses to all the other city employees as well. In a letter, the mayor told the council that 67 percent of city employees participated in a survey regarding rewards and recognition and 59 percent of those who said they wanted the longevity bonus.
The bonus will cost the city about $23,000 for all employees.
On Tuesday, council members talked about the $50,000 subsidy MEMS needs to keep providing ambulance service to Cabot. The mayor said he intends to cut that cost in part by housing MEMS employees in two FEMA trailers behind fire stations.
Currently, firefighters respond to all emergency calls and often arrive on scene before the ambulance. Council members said using large fire trucks to respond to medical calls is a practice that is too expensive to continue. And if the ambulances are located at the fire stations there will no longer be a response-time advantage to continuing, they said.
During an interview after the Thursday night meeting, Fire Chief Phil Robinson said included in his budget is $15,000 for an emergency vehicle that will take the place of large fire trucks for medical runs.
There is just so much time when they need our help, the chief said.


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VIENNA (Mar. 14)
Viennese Jews solemnly mourned the victims of the Holocaust here Monday, two days after Austria commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Anschluss–the absorption of Austria into the Third Reich on March 12, 1938.
The Jewish event was low key and nonpolitical. An hour of prayer preceded a march to the Morzinplatz, once the site of the dreaded Gestapo headquarters in Vienna. Some of the Jewish participants were Holocaust survivors, others were born long afterward.
Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, one of many non-Jews who attended, appealed to the Austrian people to apply the lessons of history to the present and future.
Paul Grosz, president of the Jewish community, called for more tolerance and for the right of Jews to live in peace according to their own understanding of freedom and to observe their religion and culture.
Remembrance of the Nazi era was the theme of other Anschluss anniversary events. The Academy Award-winning film "Genocide" was shown at a private screening Saturday night for civic and government leaders, educators and other public figures.
The screening was given under the patronage of Dr. Hilde Hawlicek, minister for education, and Dr. Helmut Zilk, mayor and governor of Vienna.
"Genocide" was produced by the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center and won the 1982 Oscar for best documentary. Nazi-hunter Wiesenthal appeared in person to introduce the film. It also will be shown at the Vienalle film festival.
Another event is "The Courage to Remember," an exhibition of the Wiesenthal Center which had its international opening here Sunday. It explores in words and images the historical setting, events and the aftermath of the Holocaust. It will be on display at the Palais Palffy until March 27.
Meanwhile, demonstrations continued demanding the resignation of Austrian President Kurt Waldheim because of revelations of his role in Nazi atrocities committed when he served in the German Army in the Balkans during World War II.
Austrian intellectuals, writers, artists and many former concentration camp inmates expressed dismay over Waldheim's refusal to step down. Rosa Jochmann, an 80-year-old former Socialist resistance fighter and inmate of the Ravensbruck concentration camp, said, "Waldheim is not representative of this new generation. He is not worthy to be your president."
Waldheim, whose controversial history led to the prohibition against his speaking at any official event marking the Anschluss anniversary, gave a five-minute television address Thursday night in which he called for reconciliation and insisted that Austria was the first victim of Hitler's aggression.


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Tehran (AFP) Feb 2, 2013
Iran's announcement that it had successfully sent a monkey into space stirred questions on the Internet on Saturday, with people pointing to differences between official images of the primate before takeoff and after landing.
On January 28, official Iranian media published pictures of a monkey named Pishgam (Pioneer) prior to the launch. The animal had light grey fur and a red mole above its right eye.
But later, the ISNA news agency released photos taken during presenting the monkey to the press after its landing which showed a darker fur and no mole.
These differences have been pointed out by Western media, which have questioned the success of the monkey space mission. A previous attempt to send a primate into space failed in 2011.
On Facebook, a comment underneath the monkey's pictures reads: the monkey "went into space and met a doctor who removed its mole," an ironic reference to some Iranians passion for cosmetic surgery.
Iranian authorities did not directly responded to these questions on Saturday night.
Two websites close to the regime, Rajanews and Nasimonline, have said without citing sources that the monkey images available to the media before the launch were "archive" images of the doomed 2011 launch.
Instead, the monkey presented to the press after the sub-orbital flight was the one that successfully completed the mission.
Neither Iranian site gave any explanation why the reputed archive pictures were used by the media.
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With Easter coming up, we had hoped to reward this week's best review with a jolly old chocolate egg. Unfortunately, we didn't remember to buy one, so instead we'll be inflicting something else on this week's winner. Speaking of whom... This week was a tricky one. Although there was a temptation to reward Peej (again) for his unusual approach to Battlefield Vietnam, Tannerd narrowly wins this week, partly because it makes a nice change and partly because we enjoyed his piece, but mostly because he too worships at the altar of brevity, and we managed to read the entire thing without having to pop to the loo. Tannerd: we'll be in touch.
Elsewhere this week's pickings are fat and juicy, much like we're all going to be within the next few days. Deus Ex: Invisible War, Final Fantasy X, Knights of the Old Republic and Zelda: Majora's Mask all put in a weighty showing, with light relief from the psychadelic Flipnic, and Kami's pasting of Lara Croft's most recent outing (sooner or later we're going to have to stop twisting the knife, chaps). And don't worry if you didn't make it in this week - there will be another instalment before you know it (where "you know it" is equal to a random day next week). Stay tuned, or something.
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I have a site that has been running the Styx theme since April. Since a few days ago the theme keeps reverting to the default look. My site is http:www.cjvictoria.com After many hours of trouble shooting and reloading the site. Myself and technical support with my server have concluded the theme maybe having problems. I am trying to get in touch with the developer to take a look at this to see if there is a solution. Is anyone else having Styx theme problems? Rob
I am using the Styx theme. Is there an upgrade to Wordpress 3.4.1?


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A brand new foxhole atheist sent me a few pictures from his cell phone. He's in 'hell week' or 'reception week' of basic training. In a few days, his phone will be confiscated by his drill sergeants. He'll get it back when he's a soldier. This is Fort Jackson, SC. These posters are not government [Read More…]
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The films The Kids Are All Right and Easy A, HBO's drama True Blood, Fox's Glee, ABC's Modern Family and NBC's 30 Rock are among the nominees for the 22nd annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards, reports USA TODAY's Cindy Clark.
The awards honor media for outstanding portrayals of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and issues that they face. The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held on March 19 in New York, on April 16 in Los Angeles and on May 14 in San Francisco.
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Course DescriptionProvides an opportunity for reflection on program outcomes and preparation of a professional portfolio that demonstrate the competencies developed during the program. Capstone course for the Library Assistant Certificate program. Prerequisites: Permission of Department/Instructor.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion, students should be able to:
- Explain and promote the purpose and role of different library organizations, based on historical and philosophical foundations of library and information services.
- Analyze and articulate the ethical, social, and legal issues (including intellectual freedom, copyright, open access, diversity, and patron privacy) surrounding access to, creation, retrieval, and use of materials and technology.
- Evaluate sources of information, develop and implement effective search strategies, and select and use appropriate information resources to meet user needs.
- Apply standard methods and principles for selecting, acquiring, processing, organizing, maintaining, circulating, preserving, and deselecting library materials.
- Adapt and adopt current and emerging technologies and solve technological problems when appropriate.
- Apply collaborative behaviors, effective communication skills, and the appropriate use of customer service and decision making models, as guided by the ethical principles and core values of the library and information services profession, when working with diverse library groups, including users, colleagues, and other stakeholders.
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- Reflect on library assistant program outcomes (as listed for the CCOGs for this course) along with the America Library Association's Library Support Staff Certification competencies.
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|Club Address:PO Box 503, Sutter, CA 95982
This Page address: http://sutterca.lionwap.org
Our other Web Address: http://www.4c1lions.org/news.htm#golf
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The Sutter Lions have been saving can pull tabs for about 4 years. Chairman of the pull tab committee, Lion Wayne Ahlers arranged a visit to the Ronald McDonald House in Sacramento on September 1, 2013 to deliver 30 pounds of pull tabs. We had 6 members and 2 wives attend the event. It was a very GOOD day. We had the Grand Tour of the grounds and were treated like Royalty. It takes 1,280 tabs to make a pound. The Sutter Lions Club would like to challenge other Clubs in District 4-C1 to save can pull tabs for the Ronald McDonald House in Sacramento. It's just another way WE SERVE!!!!
We are looking for New Members to join our club and help make a difference in our community. Contact Lion Bruce Smith at 530-682-7461
We have 3 new Lions to be inducted on June 13, 2013 -- Ben Moody, Josh Abken & Joe Azevedo. We have two more new members, Rudy Ramirez & Wes Schenken.
The Sutter Lions Scholarships awarded this year went to; Timothy Chase Gildea,Haliegh B. Ramirez and Franklin D. Tarke. Sutter Lions Parade for Sutter Buttes Day was a great success. Lion Ron Whisenhunt with his horses and wagon was very impressive. We had 10 Lions Members in the wagon with flags from The Avenue of Flags form the Sutter Cemetery. June 14, 2014
The Sutter Lions Club is looking for members who would like to make Sutter a better place and work for the community.Please contact any Sutter Lions member for more information.
We also have a "Membership Committee" headed by Lion Bruce Smith along with Lions Jim Barringer, Larry Munger & Walt Ziegenmeyer. Contact any Lions Member!!
The Sutter Lions Club will have our 19th. Annual Golf Tournament on May 17th. 2014 ------12:00 Noon --Shotgun Start. Plumas Lake Golf and Country Club, 1551 Country Club Road. Tri-Tip Dinner at 5:30pm. Contact Golf Chairman, Lion Dennis Richardson at 530-755-1070. The Tournament was a Great Success. Thanks to everyone!!!! Watch for The Sutter Lions Next Project-------The Larry Munger Vista Point along the Sutter Bike Path was completed last Fall, Just need to put up the Plaque!!
Memorial Day Celebration was a wonderful event to honor our Veterans. Our Sutter Lions donated another $500.00 to buy more flags for the "Avenue Of Flags" at the Sutter Cemetary. Lion, Larry Munger was one of the key speakers, and made the presentation of the check for more Flags.
We welcome your questions and comments
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Mashup: Aggreget Comments
Indexes many Web 2.0 sites like Digg, Stumble, delicious, etc. and displays the top 10 links that overlap, providing an instant zeitgeist of super popular links.
How is this a mash-up? They index services (eg: scrape) rather than use their APIs.
Actually, I do use APIs for some of the sites. But most of these APIs are just return XML, which isn't much different from a standard RSS feed.
Besides, I don't see why the programming method(s) that I use matters when judging if it's a mashup or not.


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I wrote this before I left for radio camp and as soon as it posts... there it is! Bad Pharma – Interview with Ben Goldacre. Dr. Ben Goldacre is a best-selling author, broadcaster, medical doctor and academic who specialises in unpicking dodgy scientific claims from drug companies, newspapers, government reports, PR people and quacks. As of 2012, he is a Wellcome research fellow in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.His first book, Bad Science, sold over 400,000 c … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Now Out At CSI – Curiouser And Curiouser Interview With Ben Goldacre!
Cold Chain Mission – Vaccinations, Ewan McGregor And UNICEF
Playing on Australian TV tonight, prime time on SBS One. … [Read more...]
Oscars 2013: Jennifer Lawrence's Hilarious Winner's Press Conference
New Token Skeptic Podcast – Why Is There A Skeptical Movement?
I am JUST NOW running out the door to head off to Radio boot Training Camp (yes, yes, while you're on your way to work - I know, my life is awesome, shush...) but I wanted to get this episode out before I left, because I love you all:Episode One Hundred And Fifty Six – On Why Is There A Skeptical Movement – Interview With Daniel Loxton. On February 6th of this year, the Skeptics Society announced a new project over on the Skepticblogs site, authored by Daniel Loxton:For over twenty years, th … [Read more...]
My Time At FreeThought Blogs – October 1st, 2011 To Now #FTBullies
Here's a tally of some of the things I did over this time:Presented at:The World Skeptics Congress, Berlin MC of the Global Atheist Convention ScienceRewireda few future gigs, such as a talk at UWA later this week on science podcasting. Published:The Scope of Skepticism: Interviews, Essays and Observations from the Token Skeptic Podcast - book Skeptical Blog Anthology: The Young Australian Skeptics - book(With a TREMENDOUS amount of help; thanks to all involved, for both p … [Read more...]
Rising Star Fundraiser – 2013
Dear friends in reason,I'd like to tell you about a new grant program I've created to send 18-30 year olds to The Amaz!ng Meeting (TAM2013). The Rising Star grant is raising funds to send young talent to TAM2013 with the goal of finding skepticism's future leaders. The program is inspired by my own positive experience being chosen as a TED Fellow, in the class of 2009, where 40 outstanding individuals were given the opportunity to attend TED'09 in Long Beach, CA. Being part of the TED Fellows f … [Read more...]
Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers – Black Skeptics
Please do read the blog Black Skeptics, to check out not only the Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers details but also their recent fundraisers and news. If anyone, anywhere, wants to celebrate the DoS, please, go right ahead and create your own event; contact other nonbelievers in your own community and decide how you'd like to spend that time with each other: share a meal; visit an art gallery or museum; go see a movie or a play; go ice-skating; etc. Make some phone calls, post your ev … [Read more...]
Robin Ince On Experts (Not Windbags)
Robin Ince writes (and you should read the whole thing) - If you want my opinion, what we need are experts, not windbags: We can be so busy in an onanistic orgy of our own opinions that we scarcely find time to look away from our reflection in the bile to read anything or anyone else.Everyone knows they are correct now. However crazed your idea might be, somewhere within the internet lies someone in a similar cellar who agrees with you. We are all entirely right. We are all entirely wrong. … [Read more...]
Adventures At The Perth Writers Festival – Sunday #PWF #PerthFest
I'm away for much of next week, so here's the last blogpost for a while - there should be podcast episodes very soon, however, for both Token Skeptic and 365 Days of Philosophy.Until then - enjoy some of the photos from the Perth Writers festival, taken this morning.[View the story "Adventures At The Perth Writers Festival - Sunday #PWF #PerthFest" on Storify] … [Read more...]
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Police and villagers Thursday found more bodies in a Bangladesh river where a packed ferry capsized earlier this week, raising the death toll to 139.
Decomposing bodies surfaced after the double-deck ferry was salvaged and the rescue operation was called off, local police chief Mohammad Shahabuddin Khan said. Rescuers had recovered 112 bodies Tuesday and Wednesday. Another 27 bodies were found floating in the water Thursday.
Local media, quoting relatives, said more than a dozen people were still unaccounted for.
The ferry carrying over 200 people collided with a cargo boat and sank early Tuesday, sending scores of people into the Meghna River, just south of Dhaka. Khan said about 35 were rescued, and local media reported another 40 swam shore.
Hundreds of anxious people, many weeping, were at the scene looking for their loved ones.
Ferry accidents are common in Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation crisscrossed by more than 230 rivers. They are often blamed on overcrowding, faulty vessels and lax rules.
Associated Press writer Julhas Alam contributed to this report.