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The possibility of applying computers to education of pre-schoolers today seems an immeasurable blessing at first glance. Because a computer shows no emotions, it does not get frusterated, bored, or angry, and it does not err (assuming the programing is not flawed), it has the ability to act as a teacher of unending patience and infallible accuracy. I will show that computers have the capacity to be incredible learning tools for preschoolers. However, the computer can also serve to cause a distinct difference in the quality of education provided to children based solely on the wealth, or lack thereof, in their communities.
It should be blatantly obvious to anyone in the work force today that computers are inescapable. Even mundane jobs require knowledge of computers to use word processing and make charts from data on a computer. The question: "Should children be taught computer skills?" has been answer years ago, according to Majorie W. Lee in her paper An Electronic Preschool: Pros and Cons, with a profound "Yes."(Lee, 23) However, the question of whether or not computers are appropriate for pre-schools still exists.
To determine this, one must weight the advantages of the computer against it's disadvantages. A great deal of information on this can be derived from the research paper Computers for the Preschool: Beyond the Basics by Charlene Margot and Nancy Armstrong. They state that children are natally attracted to computers because even a child can feel a great deal of control over the computer (Margot et. al 4). What is meant by this is that it is even a four year old can be taught to turn on a computer and load up an appropriate program. This allows a sense of pride in a child analogous to their being able to spell their own name, or read the letters on a big, red stop sign. (3) This is a unique way for a child to feel powerful in a grown up world, and therefore it can quite helpful in the building of self esteem (Margot et. al 4)
Being good for the child's self esteem is not sufficient reason for a computer to be included in a classroom. The machine must also have a major effect on the child's ability to learn. So the question becomes: "How does the computer facilitate learning to pre-schoolers?"
According to Lee's the major focus of a pre-school is play (2). Play one of the most important methods through which learning takes place in the pre-school (Lee, 2). Play is not just the interaction between children, but the interaction between the children and their environment (Lee 3) Furthermore, Lee explains that adults have only a few opportunities to affect the nature of a child's play (5). First, adults can manipulate the environments of the child, the adult has control over what materials are available for the children and how the environment will be structured (Lee 5). Lee also states that adults structure the interaction patterns between children to a greater or lesser extent (5-6). In other words, adults may only set ground rules (eg. no hitting) or they may specify directly what types of interactions the children will have (eg. now I want each group to take their blocks and build a house with them). Thus, the teacher must use their influence on the play to ensure that it is educational, otherwise it is a waste from an educational standpoint.
From what was discussed earlier regarding the sense of power a child feels when using a computer, it is clear that a child will have no trouble playing with the computer. Furthermore, a field test was conducted at a nursery school to determine if the computer would be used by children if they had a choice between that and other activities. The results were very favorable. So many children wanted to use the computers' educational software that a five minute maximum had to be set for a turn at computer use, and lines were formed behind the terminals (Lee 15). It is also reassuring that children did not use the computer in lieu of socialization with other children. Lee states that the children actually branched out socially to find others to watch them play on the computer, and to watch others play (15). In addition, certain types of learning software (which I will discuss later) seems more like a game than a lesson, and therefore "tricks" a pre-schooler into learning when they might otherwise want to do less educationally productive activities.
Now that it has been established that pre-schoolers can play on a computer, it must be determined what the educational value of a computer can be. First, a computer allows a child to play with the keyboard, and get a feel for the concept of action-reaction. It may seem obvious to an adult that when we press a key on the keyboard, the corresponding letter, number or symbol appears on the screen, this is a concept that children may not understand. Also, allowing a child to explore letters on the keyboard gives the child practice in discriminating between letters (Margot et. al 5) Whenever a child is told to press a key and then looks on the screen to see the corresponding letter or number, the child is allowed a unique way to remember the shapes that are letters and numbers. (Margot, 5)
Steve Tipps and Tobie Sanders note in their paper Microcomputers for Young Children that there exist four major types of software for education of pre-schoolers (2). I will discuss the first three, Drill and practice, tutorials, and simple programming languages such as LOGO, separately, and then as a group, because they have certain similarities that may not be immediately obvious. Then I will discuss the simulation software.
Drill and practice programs are exactly what their name implies. They ask a child a series of questions, and give immediate feedback based on the child's response (Tipps et. al 2). These simulate normal question and answer sessions, except that the computer can keep a running total of all the responses given by a child during one session or over multiple sessions with the computer (Tipps et. al 2).
The tutorial is similar to drill and practice, except that it does more than simply tell the child whether they were correct or not. The tutorial will make an attempt to teach children the correct answers to questions which are answered incorrectly (Tipps et. al 3) For example, the tutorial might show a child three objects: a book, a penny, and a stop sign, and then ask the child to click on the object that is a circle. If the child is not correct, then the computer might draw a rectangle on the perimeter of the book, an octagon around the stop sign, and a circle around the penny, and then repeat the question. If the child is still incorrect, the computer might draw a circle and say (a state of the art computer will have voice capabilities) "A circle looks like this.", and then ask the question a third time. It the child is still incorrect, the computer could give the child the correct answer, and then put the question back into memory to ask it again later. A good tutorial will not allow a lesson to end until all questions have been successfully answered (Tipps et. al 3).
LOGO is a type of programming language designed for young children. It involves a very simple command structure, a child needs only three or four commands to direct the computer to draw pictures on the monitor (Tipps et. al 11). If these three or four commands were the only ones available, LOGO might be just another interesting development. However, Tipps explains that,
"LOGO is one of the most powerful computer languages invented. What makes it different is that it grows in power with the needs of the individual [user]. As the children design more elaborate pictures or projects, the language changes and expands." (13)
Thus, as the child is able to understand more advanced concepts such as what an angel is, Logo has the capability of translate these concepts into programs. For example, a circle can be drawn by a series of small movements and small turns, in many steps, or it can be drawn in one step by telling the computer what a circle is and then telling it to go ahead and draw one.
These three applications of computers have some very important similarities in how they teach children pre-literacy skills. Before I go any further, it behooves me to describe what I mean by pre literacy skills. Let's say that John Doe, a five year old, is going into a day of kindergarten. The lesson planned by his teacher today is how to properly draw the letter 'a'. The teacher might start the lesson by saying something like this, "First, put your pencil above the top line on the left side of the paper." If John has not yet grasped the concepts of top, above and left, then he will not be able to learn to write, if only because he can not even understand the directions (Margot, 5). Also, visual discrimination plays a large role in pre-literacy skills. (Margot 7). Children often have difficulty with certain letters, most noticeably 'p', 'q', 'b', and 'd' because they are all shaped like circles with a tail pointing in different directions (Margot 7).
So how do these computers and their applications fit in? They fit in because they have the ability to help a child understand the pre-literacy concepts (Margot, 6). First, simply dealing with a computer helps children to understand spacial relations and action-result chains (Margot 6). A child will find a direct relationship between what they do ("I pushed an 'a'") and what they see ("There's an 'a' on the screen where it used to be blank!") The child discovers that keys are left and right of each other on the keyboard, and they can begin to grasp the concept that the monitor is in the horizontal plane and the keyboard is in the vertical plane (Margot 6) . Also, because good computer programs will always move displays from left to right (Margot 8), children who use a computer will find it more natural to begin reading and writing on the left side of a page, and then progress to the right.
Computer programs are available to assist with specific types of skills. Margot refers to a program called Kindercomp that has a number of different games. One of these games, called "Match" a pattern appears on the screen, and the child must find an identical pattern from three very similar ones. (7) Another program that Margot refers to is called Moptown. With this program, "children are encouraged to observe with increasing detail and decide how to make a 'match'." (7)
LOGO enables a child to practice these skills in a simple environment. If a child were to command the 'turtle', a triangle that represents the drawing pen in a LOGO environment, to move to the left, the child would see not only the actual direction of the turtle's motion, but a line may be drawn in that direction, further reenforcing the concept. In this manner, a child will see for themselves if they understand these ideas. If the child gets the picture he wants, then he was successful in learning the appropriate spacial relations concepts, otherwise the child is encouraged to go back and practice until the desired results are achieved and the concepts are understood (the two are synonymous, that is part of the benefit of LOGO)
Simulations are the last major type of software that is commonly used to educate pre- schoolers. Instead of teaching a specific skill, a simulation is designed to allow users to develop strategies to "outwit the computer." (Tipps, 4) The simulation gives it's user a general problem, and then allows a great deal of freedom in how the problem is solved. One simulation used for pre schoolers is called "Cookie Factory" (Tipps, 4). The user of this program must decide what type of cookies to make each day, realizing that it costs more to make a chocolate chip cookie than a sugar cookie, price the cookies, and advertise (Tipps, 4). After each "day", the computer decides how many cookies will be bought, and automatically determines what the profit or loss is for the day (Tipps, 4).
The simulation is a method of enabling students to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Most simulations seem more like games than learning tools to children, but teachers have learned that their value in allowing children to practice reasoning skills is quite valuable. Although few simulations exist for pre-school aged children (Tipps, 5), it is probable that many will be developed in the near future.
It seems that there should be only one question left in anyone's mind as to whether or not computers belong in the pre-school, and that is: what do parents think? A computer may be a wonderful addition to a pre-school, but until parents agree, it makes no practical difference. Charolette Scherer has done research on this topic, and states some findings in the report Parent Perceptions of the Importance of Computer Knowledge for Young Children.
Her findings are very promising. First, she showed that nearly all parents believe that it is important for their children to use a computer in class at the pre-school age (Scherer, 11) In addition, most parents believe that it is important for their children there is little difference in parents minds as to whether boys, girls, or both are taught on computers, views are not gender specific (Scherer, 10)
There can be no further argument; it is clear that the computer is a valuable addition to the pre-school classroom. So valuable, in fact that "children exposed to computers. . .will be better thinkers, more logical, and better able to write and compute [than children not exposed to computers]" (Lee, 21).
The great benefit of the computer causes one unfortunate problem that ought to be dealt with. Because computers are so expensive, not all pre-school and kindergarten programs are able to obtain them. In fact, Lee cites a study by the University of Minnesota which states that students in the nations 1200 most affluent schools are four times more likely to have access to computers than the students in the 1200 poorest schools (23)
This would not be a problem if alternative teaching methods were as good as teaching with the computer. But the fact is, because computers play such a profound role in everyday modern life, this is not the case. This problem is so bad that it threatens to create an intellectual gap that coincides with socio-economic gaps (Lee, 23). This means that children who are in lower socio- economic classes are likely to obtain a lower quality education that those of higher socio-economic classes(Lee, 23). What is meant by lower quality is that even though the poorer students will have learned significant information, it will not be as useful in the job market as the information obtained by those who are in a higher socio-economic class.
The implications for pre-schoolers is just as significant. Those children from more affluent families who have computer instruction will have a more solid base of reasoning and pre literacy skills than those who do not have access to computers (Lee, 23) Thus, the children from more affluent families will have a higher chance of success in future schooling than children from poorer families.
How can this problem be avoided? The solution that seems the easier is to simply cease the use of computers in all pre-schools. This is, however, unacceptable. There is simply no reason to deprive some children of computers just because others do not have the benefit of their use. This is simply "cutting off the nose to spite the face", as the old saying goes.
No, there is no easy answer, and a complex one is beyond the realm of this paper. Further research is necessary in this topic in order to provide a satisfactory solution. But whatever the answer is, it ought to be effective on a national basis, so that all children have the opportunity to benefit from the use of a computer at an early age.


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Bill's wife works on the road quite a bit, so they've hired housekeeper Jenna J Ross to help them handle some of the workload at their home. While Bill's on the horn talking to his other half, who's in some hotel somewhere, Jenna returns to pick up her sweater … and pick up on Bill! She wants to do more than clean his laundry, she wants to clean his balls and big dick with her mouth! Bill's a married man, so he doesn't think she's being appropriate at first, but when she explains that she's just helping him since his wife can't be around, it all makes perfect sense to him. They'll keep her around!


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Opposing view: Celebrate Iowa's caucus
The debt-ceiling debate is the most recent reminder that Americans feel more disconnected than ever from leaders in Washington, D.C. They feel their voices are not being heard. They feel no one understands, or cares, about the challenges facing American families.
Thank goodness a process still exists that requires national political leaders to actually meet, listen to and directly answer questions from everyday, hardworking Americans. That process is the Iowa Presidential Caucus.
The first major step in the Iowa caucus process occurs Saturday in Ames, as tens of thousands of Iowa Republicans will gather to meet Republican presidential candidates, listen to their speeches and then cast a secure vote in favor of their preferred GOP candidate.
In all likelihood, most Iowans casting a vote in Ames will have personally met presidential candidates and quizzed them on their solutions for the multitude of problems facing our country.
Our process rewards personal interaction, not 30- second television attack advertisements. Our process places candidates in front of dozens of voters in our coffee shops and on our family farms, not on a stage speaking to thousands.
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Opinions expressed in USA TODAY's editorials are decided by its Editorial Board, a demographically and ideologically diverse group that is separate from USA TODAY's news staff.
Most editorials are accompanied by an opposing view a unique USA TODAY feature that allows readers to reach conclusions based on both sides of an argument rather than just the Editorial Board's point of view.
There are those who wish to silence this grassroots-oriented process by attempting to marginalize Iowa voters or move to a more national-style presidential primary election. Such moves only exacerbate the divide between voters and the future president of the United States and would render the Republican and Democrat presidential nomination processes as merely fundraising contests.
At a time when the American peoples' faith in government is near historic lows, the fact that there is still a place like Iowa that values and encourages our presidential candidates to actually talk with voters is not something to criticize, it is something to celebrate.
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The Siddhi Sadhana is not difficult; the Sudarshan Chakra Mantra given here has to be chanted 108 times, using a Rudraksha Mala. This Sadhana has to be done during the period of Solar or Lunar Eclipse. After gaining Siddhi, whenever in any kind of danger or sensing any approaching danger, the Sadhak should chant the mantra just once.
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Former Newcastle coach Mark Lawrenson thinks Newcastle have recently turned a corner, but he still doesn't think we will beat Bournemouth tomorrow – predicting that we will only be able to get a draw.
If that happens then Newcastle fans will again be hugely disappointed that against Sunderland, Stoke and Bournemouth we picked up only 2 points in those three fairly winnable games.
Mark Lawrenson – Newcastle may have to settle for only a point
This is Mark Lawrenson has said on BBC Sport:
"In their past three league games, Bournemouth have scored twice and conceded 12 goals so the way they play is clearly not working at the moment." "Do they change their style? I think they might have to, otherwise there is only one way they are going – down."
"Newcastle have had their own problems recently, but I think they have turned a corner recently." "They have taken four points from their past three league games, starting with their 6-2 demolition of Norwich."
"But if you look at their first-half performance against Sunderland and the chances they created in their draw against Stoke last week, they probably should have picked up more than that."
"The Magpies cannot keep saying they deserve to do better, and they need to start winning games, but I think they might have to settle for another point on Saturday."
We agree completely with Mark that we need to start winning games and not talk at the end of the game about how unlucky we were not to win – for whatever reason.
The game of football is all about results – it's only about results – and that's what we need to get if we are to survive in the Premier League this season.
And – wait for it – we may still be able to do well this season and start moving up that league table if we can string together a few wins – much like we did last season under Alan Pardew when we won five league games on the trot.
Given that we have just one win in 11 league games this season and only four wins in 30 league games in 2015 – a win tomorrow almost gets to be imperative.
It's also what the majority of Newcastle fans expect – so anything but a win will be another disappointment.
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Aiming to put the "student" back in "student-athlete," Richmond, California, high school basketball coach Ken Carter set rules that placed good grades before good plays. With his playoff-bound team struggling academically, he benched them, setting off a storm of irate parents. The real-life incident is the inspiration for the movie "Coach Carter," and star Samuel L. Jackson sat down recently with MTV to discuss the sports-movie genre and where "Coach Carter" fits into it.
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: Well, I guess they feed into our sports fantasies and things that we kind of want to do and things we wish we could do, to things we may have done in the past — you know, reliving glory days. And everybody likes stories about underdogs that overcome. We sit at home every Sunday and we watch. We cheer for our teams. And when you go into these particular films, you find out enough about these particular guys on these particular teams that you feel like that's the team you cheer for. So we get involved in 'em easily.
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: "Rocky," we all love the "Rocky" movies. I loved 'em. Wow, what's my favorite football movie? Uh, "North Dallas Forty."
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: I hadn't seen a lot of them. ... Everybody talks about "Hoosiers," but, well, I grew up during segregation in the South ... so the only player I ever saw was Pete Maravich. So when I watch "Hoosiers," it's kind of like I don't relate to it in that kind of way because there's no brothers on the basketball teams. How can it be basketball, you know?
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: Well, you gotta have the kid on the team who's a rebel. You gotta have the kid on the team who's kind of, I guess sort of nerdy, who all of a sudden blossoms into a good player. You gotta have a coach who has a specific set of goals that he's trying to get the kids to meet. And he has to find a way to relay that message to the team. And you have to have a rival, a sports rival that that team is particularly afraid of or hadn't been able to beat or has a real beef with to make the final game a game that everybody wants to see in the movie.
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Well, sports is a real viable job choice for kids now. So kids focus on becoming the best athlete they could possibly be. And these films embody something that lets them know that there are guys that make it, there are guys that don't make it. So it's in your best interest to take advantage of the opportunity that sports affords you, [but to also] give yourself another chance at life somewhere else [besides sports]. That message needs to be relayed to these kids because there are so many kids that don't make it. And that's not the end of life. Life goes on.
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: It seems right now that pro sports has suffered some black eyes lately, what with steroid use in baseball and brawling with fans in basketball.
Well, sports has always been sort of the same. You know, we hold up guys on pedestals that have average lives. I mean, they're just like us in a lot of ways, except we see them do their job every single day. It's kind of like me. ... I'm actually very ordinary, except people get to pay their money to come watch me work. The same way that we go to McDonald's — we don't care about the guy behind the counter, but if he was doing something special, we'd pay our money to go watch him cook that hamburger. So the seedy side of what these people do seems to be the newsworthy things. The guys who go to the hospitals, seeing the kids in the cancer wards, or the guys who are donating the money to kids' educational funds or collecting toys for underprivileged kids for Christmas is not a big story. It's a much bigger story to say, "Well, this guy's cheating because he takes this particular drug." Or "These guys are out of control because they went into the stands and beat up some fans." But fans are out of control, too, because they have expectations or they think they could get away with things that they shouldn't be able to get away with. So it's a very double-edged sword. We all walk the line, and we want them to be better human beings than they actually are, when they are just guys who have a special ability in one discipline.
: There's so much happening at once in the sports world, this seems like the perfect time for a positive story like this.
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Read: "Top 10 Inspirational Sports Flicks"
: Do you think movies like this show the purity of sport?
They should. But in my opinion, they're stories about something that most people relate to in a very specific kind of way. And it gives them an opportunity to be on the inside of it, the same way we go on the inside of the action movie and feel safe. You know, like riding a roller coaster, you strap yourself in and take the ride. You live their lives. You go through the triumphs, the defeats, you see how their minds work and you're able to leave the theater and kind of, you know, say you've been a part of something. And that's what storytelling is really supposed to be. There are really good stories that you wanna be a part of.
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Quote: As for Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, I suspect he'll have a long and prosperous career in the west as a spin doctor if he wants one!
Quote:Hope he was killed but either way that building was certainly turned into a nice looking crater.
Quote: Doesn't anybody think it was suspicious that the intelligence said he was in a bunker in a civilian area where there was bound to be damage done to innocent people?
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U.S. Forces Nab Saddam's Half - Brother
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 7:33 a.m. ET
CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar (AP) -- U.S. Special Forces on Thursday captured Barzan Ibrahim Hasan, a half-brother of Saddam Hussein, the U.S. Central Command reported.
Hasan was a presidential adviser to Saddam and had ``extensive knowledge of the regime's workings,'' said Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks.
Hasan is one of three half-brothers of Saddam and the second to be captured.
On Sunday, coalition forces announced the capture of Watban Ibrahim Hasan, who once served as Iraq's interior minister. Watban Hasan was the five of spades in the deck of playing cards the U.S. military issued to troops with pictures of wanted Iraqi officials. Barzan was the five of clubs.
Barzan Hasan was captured alone in Baghdad and information from residents of the capital led to his arrest, Brooks said.
``We are currently asking a number of questions... finding out whatever we can from this capture,'' Brooks said.


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The General Electric KTD-440 Master Switcher Chassis allows you to manage 64 video inputs by 32 monitor outputs and is designed for use with the Digiplex IV system. On connecting expansion cards and chassis, the Switcher Chassis allows you to switch up to 512 inputs by 64 outputs. The chassis supports up to 2 video input cards, 8 video output cards, a video loss card, and a CPU card.
Using transparent cross-mapped inputs, the KTD-440 Master Switcher Chassis enables sequential switching of the video inputs. In addition, the switcher chassis provides an option for internal video loss detection, which alerts the user in case of a loss in signal strength. LEDs status indicators help in monitoring system diagnostics. The Master Switcher Chassis can hold up to 3 units (5.25") of rack space in a standard 19" (482.6 mm) rack. A KTD-446 Power Supply comes along with the package.
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Power: 25 VA
Data signal: RS422
Computer interface: RS232
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Video loss alarm, RS422: Removable terminal strip
Computer interface: RJ45
PC keyboard: 6-pin mini DIN
Power: Molex Mini-fit, Jr., 5557 dual-row, 2-pin
Video: BNC connectors
Video output bus: 3M mini D-sub
Video expansion bus: 3M mini D-sub, 68-pin
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Jellyfish Tutorial
small pieces of felt in white and pink (or the jellyfishy colors of your choice)
a bit of stuffing
a five(ish) inch piece of ribbon for hanging
sharp scissors
sewing machine or needle and thread (in pink and white)
printed templates (below)
Cut out paper templates; pin to felt and cut the number of shapes indicated by the template. (For the teardrop shapes, I traced the templates, since pinning such small bits is hard.)
Position the white teardrop pieces on the pink bell pieces and fasten with a whip stitch or running stitch if you're sewing your jellyfish by hand. Alternately, you can attach with your machine.
To create the tentacles, cut each felt circle (3) in a spiral beginning at the outside and working your way in to the center.
Position the top of each tentacle between the two lower-body pieces, so each aligns with one of the three lobes. Pin and sew the two lower-body pieces together, making sure to catch all three tentacles between them. (Again, you can use a whip stitch or running stitch or sew the pieces together on your machine.)
Insert the lower body at the center bottom between the two bell pieces and pin. Beginning near the top, sew the two bell pieces together, securing the lower body between them and leaving an opening (as marked on the template) at the top for stuffing.
As you sew closed the opening, catch the ends of the ribbon, folded in half, in your stitches, and voila!
I've made one jellyfish on my sewing machine and one by hand--the machine version is neater and quicker, but you can make the hand sewn version while you stream episodes of Felicity on Netflix, so it's a tough call.
(If you enlarge or shrink the pattern pieces, you can make these in many sizes--attach them to a wooden hoop and you'd have a lovely mobile. The pattern pieces could also easily be used to create jellyfish applique. Have fun!)


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Man of Steel (2013)
What a treat, It's about time!
Minor Spoilers contained within this review
This is the Superman that all of us die hard comic book fans have been hoping for since the beginning. That said, it's fun and enjoyable for everyone. I took my wife to see this and she can't wait to see it again, this coming from someone who normally wouldn't sit through a Superman film.
Spoiler #1 There is no Kryptonite in this film, there isn't even the mention of Kryptonite. This is a bitter sweet victory for those of us that know Superman from the comics as well as the movies. Those who've only ever seen the movies are under the very wrong impression that Superman is completely indestructible accept for the influence of the green radioactive fragments of his own home planet. Fans of the comics, Smallville and movies alike know differently. We know that there are actually a variety of things that hurt him or that have affects on him.
Spoiler # 2 No Lex Luthor. With the exception of Superman III, never have we seen a Superman film that didn't have Lex or a villain that is at least somewhat like him.
Spoiler #3 This is probably the most important detail, Superman gets his hands dirty. This isn't a surprise to comic fans either but it is for the casual movie-goer.
The origin story was fantastic. We get to see more of Krypton than ever before and it has a different look to it. Although I like Russell Crowe as an actor, I had my doubts about him being Jor-El but he quickly won me over. His portrayal is better than Marlon Brando's if you asked me. For once, we get to see him actually interact with his Son rather than just giving him fortune cookie advice. This time around, we really get a feel for just how evil General Zod is. We also get to see the type of interaction with Jor El and Zod that we only got to see previously in Kevin J. Anderson's "The Last Days of Krypton". In fact, I wouldn't at all be surprised if Zack Snyder either read that book or if someone on his staff did. That book told the story about Krypton's demise perfectly. It really illustrates how ceremonial Kryptonians were, the bureaucracy and their hesitancy to see their imminent demise. A front loaded origin story didn't choke this down the way I had thought it would.
The metropolis scenes were amazing, the casting choices were great. Everyone pulls their weight too. Henry Cavill really does a great job as Superman. He still personifies what we all know about Superman but showing us a newer and darker side that we've never seen before. We really get to see what lengths he goes to to protect Earth. Speaking of the darker side of Superman, it's plain to see that Christopher Nolan had a strong influence with the making of this installment. This was even better than The Dark Knight and it easily paves the way for sequels and for the JLA.
Amy Adams was a great pick for Lois lane. They even managed to touch on the Army brat side of her that previously we got to see on Smallville. Fans of Smallville will be happy to see that a number of actors from that show were in this movie as well. Lots of familiar faces and characters finally come to the big screen for the first time.
Michael Shannon portrayed General Zod perfectly. It's hard to fill Terrence Stamp's shoes but he did so magnificently. He wasn't the one dimensional megalomaniac bent on revenge that we had seen before. There was so much more depth to his character than what we'd seen before.
In conclusion, this was an amazing experience. It was great to finally see them branch out with Superman and show us the things we'd never seen but always hoped too. They didn't just give us more of the same old or recycle old scenarios with new actors. It had a very dark side to it but also stayed true to its roots. At the same time, there are still a few funny moments in there to break up the seriousness. They really went for realism and plausibility this time around too. If I elaborate more, I'll spoil too much. This is the one movie that you have to see on the big screen, it's well worth the ticket price!
The Avengers (2012)
Great Film, THE quintessential Superhero flick!
There are nothing but good things I can say about The Avengers. This has got to be the first superhero film that really gave audiences everything they wanted and more.
The character development was done prior to this film, so they don't need to waste time with that. They just get right to it and it works! Fortunately we already got to know Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain America and (to a smaller extent) Agent Phil Colson, Black Widow, Hawk-Eye and of course Nick Fury.
The story is excellent, it moves forward at a very even pace, the characters play off of each other and even have a few chicken fights here and there but not so much as to drag the story down. There are enough funny parts to keep it from being too serious and it really gives each member of the team something to do. This is everything I've desperately wanted for the Justice League to be for years now. Admittedly I'm more of a DC man, and the JLA is always gonna be my favorite team. It's a real bummer to me that audiences who aren't familiar with the comics are seeing Hawk-Eye before The Green Arrow, who has been around for a few decades prior. Oh well, you can't win them all.
There are just so many great moments in the film to look forward to. If you are viewing it for the first time, watch it until the VERY END of the credits, you won't be disappointed.
I can't wait to buy this when it comes out on DVD.
Joss Whedon delivers the goods in every sense of the word!
Weeds (2005)
Fun Show with Funny Situations
Well, most of the situations are funny anyway. Some of them range from sad to pathetic to what the heck??? Let me preface by saying two things though: 1) I have only seen the first 6 seasons yet and I do intend on seeing the rest eventually (still waiting on DVDs from Netflix) 2) I really do like the show, I have some nitpicks as well as shown below.
Nancy, a recently widowed yuppie who lives in an upscale suburban neighborhood no longer has her husband's income and decides to do what? Sell Marijuana of course! That's the first thing I'd do if my wife died...OK no I wouldn't.
It works great for this show though. Selling a plant that has a street value high enough to afford her not only her basic necessities but several luxuries too...maybe.
You definitely have to take the good with the bad. My personal favorite characters are basically losers but the funny thing is that they are all losers. There really aren't too many good guy vs. bad guy situations in this series. It's really more like bad guys vs. worse guys.
The pilot serves to make you feel sorry for Nancy due to the loss of her husband. In my opinion (spoiler alert) this is the one and only episode in the series where she TRULY shows that she misses her husband. From that moment forward, she is a S-L-U-T!!! She has sex with almost every man on the show that she interacts with. This (to me anyway) seems like the opposite of mourning over the loss of a husband. Man, I hope that doesn't happen if I die off before my wife...and at a young age too. Not that I think she should sit in a corner weeping every episode either but that is really just a tiny fraction of my nitpick with this show. The other thing is that to me, Nancy zigs where she should zag with each and every choice in her life. I keep waiting for her to make a smart decision but it just...doesn't...happen. Oh well, like I was saying, you gotta take the good with the bad. The only other gripe about Nancy is that she is NOT a good mother. She makes so many mistakes with her kids it's enough to make your head spin. (Spoilers again) there just appears to be no limit to what she and her kids do that are immoral, unlawful, unjust and just messed up. They steal, deface property, destroy property, commit arson, murder etc. I could go on forever.
I understand that drug dealers are not the most pleasant people in the world and that their lives are not full of sunshine and rainbows but there are certain people in this series that are completely devoid of any redeemable qualities, some of them being main characters.
One thing I did really like that they touched upon (spoilers again) is that (with regard to the episodes dealing with the Mexican drug cartels) is that they didn't just smuggle drugs...they smuggled people too, young girls to be exact. The intention was to traffic them for sex. Innocent people got caught in the crossfire as well. This is 100% representative of what is happening in reality as we speak. I give them an A+ for that one.
Andy is a fun character as are Doug and Dean. Kevin Nealon's portrayal of Doug is excellent. He does the dumbest things imaginable but at the end of the day, you still like the guy.
Another minor nitpick is the (at least in some of the seasons I've watched) is a very heavy layer of political crap that gets shoved right down your throat. I get so sick of that in movies and T.V. shows. If I want to know how to feel about a certain person or issue, I will do my own research and come to my own conclusions. I DO NOT need someone standing on their soapbox trying to tell me how I should feel about something just because they are famous and therefore can afford a bigger, fancier soapbox than I can. I don't tell them how to live their lives and how to think, I'd appreciate the same courtesy extended to me. That gripe is over now.
That reminds me of another character that sadly you only get to see for a short while and that is Andy's Dad played perfectly by none other than Albert Brooks. I've always liked him, the constant banter between he and Nancy and Andy is hilarious! There is definitely lots of eye-candy for sure. Nancy isn't hard on the eyes for sure and despite her misguided nature I kind of root for her but the woman walks right into every single mouse trap that life has to offer and she doesn't even get the cheese!
The show presents amusing tales about tough times and how some people choose to deal with them. One thing it does serve to do is to show the very real dangers of prescription drug abuse, cocaine, peyote and a truckload of other things as well. The one single most annoying thing about this show is the theme song. It grates on my nerves like none other. I literally mute it each and every time and then turn the volume back up. I loved the season (4...5???) where for an entire season, you don't have to endure it but instead there is a new and creative beginning to each episode. Some of them are a little Napoleon Dynamite-like...Gosh!
This was a round about way of saying so but it's a fun show, definitely worth watching. Now I'm going to go and kiss my wife!
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Pure John Carpenter Gold!
There are not enough good things I can say about this film. I've long been a fan of John Carpenter though. Halloween, The Thing, They Live. Perhaps he is well known for what can be construed as "cult classics" but he does very good work. Not surprisingly at all is that as usual, John gives us a magnificent musical score that fits the film like a glove.
I don't think this film works for people that cannot imagine a time without the internet and cell phones. If you don't have memories of a time before those two things, no offense intended here but...you're just not gonna get it! That is first and foremost important for someone viewing this for the first time. That is also the reason that this movie works as it does.
If you know anything at all about the Cholo, you know right away why the cops are scared of them. If you have ever lived in the southwest of the united states anywhere from the 70's to the 90's, you most likely have heard of them. That alone adds an element of nastiness and utter despair. They are well organized, smart, calculated and they have superior fire power. They don't care how many of their brothers get killed, they will keep fighting no matter what it costs them.
The situation is perfectly presented, you have a police station that is shut down, working on a skeleton crew and with no supplies and minimal arms. The power has gone out, it's night time and they are in the middle of nowhere. The phone lines are dead and there is a virtually limitless force of the worst gang that LA can dish out. They have plenty of bullets and expendable members for the fight. The obvious solution to this complicated problem is that the two criminals that are at the station need to take up arms with the police in order to survive the night. You can see somewhat how he used some of the basic ideas for this film in "The Thing" some years later.
If you are a Carpenter fan or even if you're not, take the time to watch this, it's well worth it.
Gran Torino (2008)
Great Movie, not enough good things I can say about it
Warning: there will be multiple spoilers contained herein and I will give ample warning in advanced.
Walt is a bitter, old bigot whose views on life in general have been galvanized by war, family issues and his ever-changing neighborhood. He also is mourning the loss of his wife. His constant racist remarks are actually funny in spite of themselves. I have learned an entire vocabulary of nasty sayings because of this film.
The more you get to know Walt, the more you start to see why he is the way he is and you feel bad for the guy. He doesn't have the best relationship with his son, something that he feels bad about. He's basically alone until some new neighbors move in next door.
Thao, one of his new next door neighbors is a troubled Hmong youth whose (Spoiler) gang initiation is to steal Walt's prized muscle car, a 1972 Gran Torino that he made off of the line when he was working for Ford.
Spoilers: At the funeral of his wife near the beginning, there is a scene where you see the grand daughter at her grandmother's funeral, dressed like a slut, exposing a belly button ring and a lip ring and she text messages on her phone during the funeral. At this point the film tries to do two things; one is that you can see the irritation on Walt's face at how times had changed and not necessarily for the better. Then you get it from the point of view of the kid and you see how the parents don't care. Yes, times have changed but it's a funeral! The grand daughter then goes on to ask dear old grandad (that she doesn't give a damn about) for a couch.
He doesn't like Thao right from the beginning and for obvious reasons but later you find that his relationship with Thao and with his sister Sue are the best relationships he has. The interactions throughout the movie with Walt and the Priest are awesome! The confession scene is pretty hilarious too.
(More Spoilers) Toward the halfway mark in the film things start getting more serious, there is gang violence, rape and ultimately death. The movie takes you on one hell of a ride but it's something that doesn't leave you feeling horrible despite the sad nature of the ending. It actually serves to give closure to Walt and to all around him. For me, a great moment was at the end when you see that his Son and Grand Daughter are both equally disappointed that neither of them inherited his prized Gran Torino. Despite Walt's grumpy and unpleasant nature, you really come to like the guy. He's a good person, he stands up for what is right and he does the most just and noble thing at the end in the name of saving the only people that truly cared about him.
This is a must see film!
Fat Head (2009)
My New Favorite Documentary
This film is everything that a Documentary should be...accurate, educational, entertaining; even funny in parts (i.e. some of the animated scenes). You know, everything that most modern documentaries aren't. So many documentaries today are really more docu-ganda films than documentaries. Often times we get only half of the facts or the facts are conveniently re-arranged to suit the needs of the person behind the camera so that they can spew it out at us and have us just simply follow them like the lemmings that they treat us like.
Obviously Tom Naughton isn't a doctor or a scientist, he is a comedian. As a comedian, he puts a funny spin on the facts that he presents. He backs those facts up by calling in actual experts. I like also how he quickly deflates the common denominator myths on the streets of major cities. He interviews random people from all different walks of life and asks them the basic questions. Each and every one of them overwhelmingly knew the dangers of eating bad things in excess. I would wager a guess that not each and every one of them just happened to be wealthy so the "poor people are dumb" argument very quickly falls apart.
He openly admits a number of things in the making of this film. He goes into how we are all classified as certain things on the BMI scale. He is technically classified as obese even though he certainly doesn't look like it to me. He is also active, he works out regularly.
The idea is very simple, he eats McDonald's three times a day, every day for 28 days but he continues to do a lot of walking. The end result is that he has lost weight, his HDL/LDL Triglycerides are all well within the normal range as was his cholesterol. He also goes on to point out that Morgan Spurlock would've had a hard time eating all of the calories that he said he did based on the (by the way very openly available) dietary information provided by McDonald's. No one pressured Tom into ordering more food; I believe that one McDonald's asked him if he wanted a large something and he said no, it was over, that's it! Morgan pointed out that he was asked numerous times in Supersize Me if he wanted to have his meal Supersized and he goes on to say that the bulk of those times was in Texas. I don't live in Texas but I visit there once a year. In all the times I've gone (back when they had a supersize) I was never once asked if I wanted a meal supersized. There is another fast food chain where I live that constantly asks however.
I really enjoyed how we are told in Supersize me that 25% of adults are obese. We see Tom on the city streets filming and it took him days to find all of these obese people. It seems logical to me that if there were that many overweight adults, he would have seen them a lot sooner.
He also comes up with an interesting question, challenging the number of calories that Spurlock actually consumed. When he attempted to get a food log from him, his people said they'd get it to him but they never did. I think it would've been interesting to see what was in it. Fat Head is pretty informative and a whole lot of fun. Take the time to watch it and it will amuse you at the very least. I like that it tries to make people accountable for their own health and well-being. It isn't the job of the U.S. Government or society in general to police what your children eat
it is your job!
Juno (2007)
One of the most overrated movies out there
Why do people keep praising this movie? I don't get it. I remember being in high school and yes there were Junos in my school, there were Bleekers too.
This suffers from the same problem as "Superbad". The two main characters are really not that likable. Ironically, Mr Bleeker was one of the two unlikable main characters from "Superbad". That's two for two! Sorry but he just really isn't. By the end of the movie I found myself not caring about him. If he got hit by a bus, that would have been a nicer plot twist.
That's another thing, there was no plot twist. This movie is so linear that it's not funny. It's like a bad video game, the kind you borrow once from your buddy, beat it the first time you play it and then never play it again.
The soundtrack was terrible! That was probably the one thing that REALLY grated on my nerves. Where did they find these musicians? I've seen drunks at karaoke that perform better. I swear if anyone ever brings the soundtrack to this movie to my house, I will microwave it!
There's one final thing that annoyed me, that was the girl outside of the abortion clinic. They didn't have to portray her the way they did. She represents one opinion. Clearly, the writer and/or director has a wildly different one. There's no need to overstate, to cram it down the viewers throats the way they did. This just further fuels a fire, that's all it does. I don't want to watch a movie so that someone can preach to me about how they feel about these type of issues, I watch movies for entertainment. Imagine that!
I give this one a 5 out of 10 for exactly two reasons:
J.K. Simmons & Jason Bateman
They carried this movie.
Transformers (2007)
Great adaptation of the original cartoon series
I was a big fan of the original in the 80s, I was that age group that the toys/cartoons targeted. When at first I heard about this, I rolled my eyes and though of how bad it could be.
I was very wrong. This is a good film. The story is there, the graphics are great and the lineage of the Transformers is nice. There are a handful of funny moments too. It's nice to see that this isn't one of those films where all of the good parts are represented in the theatrical trailer. That seems to be the case so often now a days.
For me, watching the Autobots transform from the cars/trucks etc into the characters we grew up with in the 80's was a great part of the film. You look up at them and go whoa! I remember that from when I was a kid! Good Job Michael Bay!
Superbad (2007)
Funny flick but...
I saw this one on on-demand after a friend's recommendation. I wouldn't say I loved it but I wouldn't say it disappointed entirely either. This definitely had it's share of funny moments.
I hate to jump on this bandwagon but I've got to admit that some of Seth's lines toward the girls ("you scratch my back etc.") were a little unnecessary. Admittedly it's been a number of years since I was in High School but I don't think that most girls would put up with someone like Seth.
The one likable character in this film is Fogel (a.k.a McLovin) he's a riot! The thing about him is that he's almost accidentally funny. The situations he manages to get himself into are absolutely hilarious.
It pains me to say this about a movie like this but the two main characters are just not that likable. At the end of the film, they just kind of leave you cold. I just didn't care what happened to them by the end of the film. McLovin is the man!
Great piece of film, teaches a lot of great life lessons
Pixar has done it again! I love their films, I can sit and watch any of their films with the kids and I enjoy them just as much as they do. My favorite one is still "Monsters Inc".
Wall-E teaches us some great life lessons though. Some of it's obvious, with regards to trash for example. It's definitely a good idea to recycle and try not to trash the whole world (or space too in the case of this movie) but there's some great advice in their besides that.
Wall-E takes us to a world where technology has made us all extremely lazy to the point where nobody does anything for themselves anymore. Not only that but it has made people anti-social toward other people. The very technology that people are so fascinated with could lead to our own undoing. By immersing ourselves in video games and online chatting all day long, we forget what it's like to just get out and talk to people...imagine that! The film isn't preachy though. It gives out advice and shows that this is one particular path we could all be headed in if we're not careful. It's great fun for the kids too. It's amazing how you start to feel genuine empathy for two robots and a cockroach.
Fun for the whole family, I recommend it very highly