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Educational Anthropology
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Applications to Computers in Education
- 3 Herve Varenne
- 4 Contribution by Harry Wolcott, November 2008
- 5 Sudbury Schools
- 6 Ethnography
- 7 References
- 8 Links to Other IAE Resources
- 9 Authors
- "The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences." (Ruth Benedict; American anthropologist; 1887–1948.)
- "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: indeed; it's the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead; American cultural anthropologist; 1901-1978.)
Anthropology is the scientific study of human beings and their many different cultures. Educational Anthropology is a way of examining educational systems from a cultural anthropologist point of view. A 10/21/08 Google search of the quoted expression "Educational Anthropology" produced nearly 75,000 hits.
The American anthropologist George Spindler was an early leader is applying ethnographic research methodology to the study of education. Quoting from a University of Pennsylvania website:
- Ethnography is two things: (1) the fundamental research method of cultural anthropology, and (2) the written text produced to report ethnographic research results. Ethnography as method seeks to answer central anthropological questions concerning the ways of life of living human beings. Ethnographic questions generally concern the link between culture and behavior and/or how cultural processes develop over time. The data base for ethnographies is usually extensive description of the details of social life or cultural phenomena in a small number of cases.
Quoting from George Spindler's Education and Cultural Process: Anthropological Approaches. 2nd ed. (Waveland Press, 1987.)
- My purpose as one of the founders of the field has been to give the anthropology of education a focus by defining our special area to be cultural transmission. I go further now by claiming that we are primarily concerned, as a discipline, with intentional intervention in the learning process... All societies intervene, literally interfere, with what children are learning at critical points throughout the entire development process. p. 3,from the preface.
- Further, we see that aspect of cultural transmission in which we are most interested—education in the broad sense, schooling in the narrower sense—as a calculated intervention in the learning process". p 153 from Spindler's own chapter in the book.
Our informal and formal educational systems are human endeavors. In attempting to measure how well out educational systems are doing and to improve education, we often lose sight of the fact that education is about people, and no two people are the same. In such educational studies, it is important to keep in mind Albert Einstein's observation: "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
Thus, for example, it is relatively easyto count the number of computers in a school, and many schools brag abut being one-to-one laptop schools. This is an interesting, countable piece of information, but it says nothing about the quality of education that children in the school are receiving.
Applications to Computers in Education
Robert K. Logan is the author of a book The Sixth Language: Learning a Living in the Internet Age and The Extended Mind: The Emergence of Language, the Human Mind and Culture. Notice the word culture in the title. In the book, Logan presents the case that math, science, and the overall field of Information and Communication Technology are languages. That is, each of these disciplines has its own culture and methods/language of communication.
Many people have long agreed that math is a language. And, of course, the computer programming parts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) make use of programming languages. People doing the rapid "by thumbs" keyboarding of text messages illustrates part of the communications culture that has arisen in ICT.
The work of Sherry Turkle illustrates using an anthropological approach to studying the culture of children learning about and using ICT. Quoting from the Wikipedia:
- Sherry Turkle is Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a clinical psychologist. Born in New York City, she has focused her research on psychoanalysis and culture and on the psychology of people's relationship with technology, especially computer technology and computer addiction.
- In The Second Self, Turkle uses mainly Jean Piaget's psychology discourse to discuss how children learn about computers and how this affects their minds.
- In Life on the Screen, Turkle describes how assuming different personal identities in a Multi-User Dungeon may be therapeutic. As far as women and computers are concerned, Turkle points out women's "non-linear" approach to the technology, calling it "soft mastery" and "bricolage" (as opposed to the "hard mastery" of linear, abstract thinking and computer programming).
- Turkle was formerly married to Seymour Paper, and together they wrote the influential paper "Epistemological Pluralism and the Revaluation of the Concrete."
Seymour Papert is one of the creators of the Logo programming language for children and a pioneer in the field of computers in education.
Herve Varenne
Herve Varenne is a cultural anthropologist who is a Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
You might wonder how cultural anthropology fits in with Information Age Education. One of the weaknesses in the discipline of education is the lack of a solid, well accepted theoretical foundation. Every person has their own insights into what constitutes a good education and how to improve our educational systems. Relatively few people have the depth and breadth of knowledge, and the inclination, to attempt to lay these foundations.
Here are three quotes from the year 2007 article by Varenne cited at the beginning of this section:
- What might happen to our understanding of education if we, as researchers, systematically suspended our most common understandings of what is to count as education and, instead, trusted people to tell us what they do deliberately to transform each other and their conditions?
- Remember, you may have more instruction than I have, but you are not more educated. (Varenne's grandmother, who left school after the 6th grade, circa 1914, on the occasion of his PhD.)
- Difficult Collective Deliberations: Anthropological Notes Toward a Theory of Education: The paper develops Cremin's search for a broad "definition" of education and particularly his sense that education involves both effort and deliberation. Varenne argues that this sense can now be grounded in several developments in social and cultural theory including De Certeau's critique of simple sociological determinism, Ranciere's emphasis on the power of productive ignorance, Lave's demonstration that all learning is a matter of social movement and transformation as allowed by social fields, and, particularly, Garfinkel's affirmation that practical action involves finding out what is going on, and what can be done—that is, in a sense, all practical action involves continuing education, including, in our worlds, education about schooling and its claims to authority.
- The great paradox of work on education by social scientists is that it is mostly about schools, the learning of skills, and dispositions. It is very rarely about families, college dorms, hospitals, and the like, and even more rarely about the routine instructions that people give each other as to what to do, or what not to do. This routine work that fills our journals rarely addresses the explanations that people propose for their past and proposed actions, or their analyses of current conditions. And so, work on education is, paradoxically, rarely about education.
Notice the emphasis on informal education—the things that we do not explicitly teach in school. Think about this in terms of what you and your acquaintances, your children and other children, and most other people know about information and communication technology. Unless you specialize in the field of computers, probably most of what you know has been gained outside of formal schooling. Moreover, think about how you help others to learn about ICT and how you learn from others.
Education is a human social endeavor. People learn well in informal, interactive, social environments. Think about that statement in terms of the one billion cell phones sold this past year, instant messaging, chat groups, the success of online computer games with millions of players, and the success of social networking systems.
Compare and contrast this type of education with formal schooling. Quoting once more from Varenne's 2007 article:
- All educators, I dare generalize, know very well that schools are not the only educational institutions. Many even suspect that schools, as organized almost everywhere in the world, are not particularly good at educating—especially about what is most important in a person's life, whether it be religion, political ideology, artistic identity, and all that makes the particular character of a person's outlook on life. And yet almost all debates about "education" end up being debates about schooling and its travails.
Contribution by Harry Wolcott, November 2008
Anthropology and Education, a follow-up statement by Harry Wolcott (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Education, University of Oregon).
If you want to understand what anthropologists usually do—even in educational settings—you need to understand that most of them are not involved in educational experiments or demonstration projects. As a matter of fact, you don't ordinarily find anthropologists interfering in any way with how people conduct their daily affairs.
One critical aspect of anthropological study is that ordinarily it is done in natural settings, without control groups or treatments of any sort. And in those settings, the anthropologist usually, although not always, tries to be an inconspicuous observer, there either to participate or to observe, in order to find answers to such basic questions as: What is going on here? In terms of what?
Social scientists acknowledge that one could never provide a total and complete description in response to the challenge to describe "everything." That sets the bar unreasonably high for those researchers today who feel an obligation to be of more service than mere chroniclers. Some of them become change agents—they intentionally set out to change things, to improve the human condition.
But to get back to the scope of education and anthropology, even of anthropology itself, we must look at what anthropologists have traditionally looked at in the past and how that perspective offers something that people may not recognize in their own everyday behavior.
That brings us to the study of culture, or cultural behavior, and if there is one single concept that embodies the anthropological perspective, it is in the idea of culture. So let me offer an example of what I mean by offering an anthropological perspective on education involving this idea of "culture"—that mysterious variable which permeates the work of most anthropologists.
For my example, I turn to the work of an esteemed anthropological elder, Ward H. Goodenough. His writing was of immense help to me when he unmasked culture to reveal it not as something we ever observe directly. It is instead something the anthropologist adds to his observations in order to frame behavior patterns actually observed. In Goodenough's own words, culture is not there, waiting to be revealed; rather it is something that anthropologists attribute to human behavior in the settings in which they conduct their research (Goodenough 1976:5)
In an age when we are now all more or less aware of the term and circumstances of multiculturalism, we recognize that, as individuals, each of us is different. At the individual level, the concept of culture appears to overgeneralize similarities and to ignore those differences. We need only to recognize that some folks are sufficiently different that we regard the difference as being of a different order, thus culturally different from ourselves. To link this idea with the concept of culture as he had developed it earlier, Goodenough proposed that each of us develops a unique way of thinking, a personal culture, that he labeled a "propriospect." The term refers to each individual's highly subjective and personal view of the world (Goodenough 1981:98 [1971]), Anthropologist Goodenough reminded us that, in this view, we are all multicultural.
The concept of propriospect examines and illuminates how and why each of us is unique but not so unique from other members of the our own group, only more or less unique from those in other groups, yet not totally unique either, as we are all members of the human family. His point is that each of us can recognize how those with whom we interact daily are competent in various aspects of our own culture (i.e., what language we use, when and how to prepare what we eat) and, if only to acknowledge that other humans are free to do things differently, there can be ways other than how we do things. Certainly, some humans achieve sufficient competence to participate in a second and perhaps even a third major culture in addition to their culture of orientation, but if they do, as Goodenough explains, that does not require surrendering competence in one's first culture.
For a parallel example, consider the natural language of children who effortlessly seem to achieve competence in the language of those about them (without formal instruction) but in the course of their lives may achieve competence in a second and perhaps even a third language and/or different dialects of their first language. The concept of propriospect allows how this occurs, with the realization that everyone is to some extent, multilingual and, therefore, by extension (because language is an element of culture) multiticultural a well. We recognize that there are those who consciously seek, or may suddenly need, to achieve competence in different culture (such as the urgency felt by the offspring of newly arrived immigrants) who need quickly to acquire at least some competence in a new and strange culture if they are successfully to interact in their new setting.
Goodenough's notion that we are all multicultural was introduced in that article that appeared in 1976 when educators were trying to gain a perspective of their own on the nature of some newly recognized "multicultural "classrooms (p. 4). His perspective offered educators a different way of looking not only at the students in their classrooms but at their fellow humans as well—reminding that each of us has a slightly different and at best only partial notion of his or her own culture—how each of us has come to fit things together, and that differences among humans are differences of degree, not of kind. (For further discussion, see Wolcott 1991; 2003:139-144). Thus every teacher has a multicultural classroom; it is not just a few who bear the burden.
That also gets at the underlying belief of anthropologists: that there are common problems to be addressed by all humans, their solutions labeled as "cultural universals," as we once called them. Nonetheless, we recognize there are infinite differences that inspire and perpetuate the endless culture-specific focus of most anthropologists. Seeking universals among humans is the basis for the whole comparative enterprise. And that is the perspective anthropology has always been poised to offer. Its source has nothing to do with schools, it is in the solutions that the members of one's immediate group have found for resolving the mutual problems they recognize in coping with life itself, beginning with problems of shared speech. Although the term itself does not seem to have caught on, the concept undergirding propriospect (and its parallel term in language studies: idiolect), the idea that each of us lives with his or her own unique way to interpret what is going on, seems to me to be an excellent example of how anthropologists contribute to the work of educators through the concepts they employ.
In addition, there are infinite ways that anthropologists contribute to education through their studies of cultural acquisition and transmission in their culture-specific inquiries. These are what George Spindler describes in his opening quotes above, studying not only what goes on in schools, but looking at everything else that humans (must) learn in the course of their maturation, and how formal schooling can be viewed as an interruption, even an intervention, in this learning process. Anthropologists have their own unique way of looking at things, and those engaged in the anthropology of education have, for the most part, been consciously working toward that objective, especially in the period since the 1950s, when anthropology and education came of age.
To learn more about current work in "anthropology and education, I suggest you look at a recent issue of the Anthropology and Education Quarterly. If you are totally unfamiliar with anthropology, you might benefit from reading Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific, first published in 1927, to see how it all began. And then familiarize yourself with the content of almost any introductory text in cultural anthropology to learn how most anthropologists go about their work in modern time and settings. Should the idea of propriospect intrigue you, here are some references you may find of interest:
References for Harry Wolcott's article Culture, Language, and Society. 2nd ed. 1981. Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings. [Based on an Addison-Wesley Module Publication first published in 1971.]
Goodenough, Ward H. Multiculturalism as the Normal Human Experience. Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 1976: 7(2) 4-7.
Wolcott, Harry F. Propriospect and the Acquisition of Culture. Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 1991: 22(3) 251-273.
Wolcott, Harry F. A Kwakiutl Village and School. Updated ed. 2003. Walnut Creek CA: Altamira.
Sudbury Schools
A key aspect of Information Age Education is that it gives more power to the learner. Some schools attempt to do this. The Sudbury school provides an example. Quoting from a Wikipedia article:
- The Sudbury model of democratic education is named after the school that pioneered it — Sudbury Valley School. Since it was founded in 1968, the Framingham, Massachusetts school has been a source of inspiration for dozens of schools and institutions, and there are currently over 40 Sudbury schools around the world.
- Certain facets of the model separate it from other democratic schools and free schools, although there are evident similarities. One central defining aspect is the non-compulsory nature of the model and the equal, nonjudgmental treatment of all activities (within the bounds of school rules regarding behavior and conduct) which results in a great de-emphasis of classes and other activities normally emphasized for their educational value. This attitude stems from the basic belief of the educational model, that every individual learns what they need to know through life and that there is no need to try and design a curriculum that will prepare a young person for adult life. Another facet that often separates Sudbury model schools from other democratic schools is the limitation—or total absence—of parental involvement in the administration of Sudbury schools. Sudbury schools are run by a democratic School Meeting where the students and staff participate exclusively and equally. Lastly, Sudbury schools do not arbitrarily separate the students into age-groups, emphasizing free age-mixing as a powerful tool for learning and development in all ages.
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- A central tenet of the Sudbury model of education is that each student should be free to to use her/his time as s/he wishes, not subject to any special curricula. The model contradicts the idea that there is one set curriculum that everyone should learn in order to become a successful adult. Believing there are many ways for students to learn, and not judging individual choices of subject matter, students are free to design their course of study from day to day. Sudbury Model schools do not believe in the idea, used in some progressive schools, of having students design a curriculum for themselves. Instead, proponents of the Sudbury Model hold that learning happens naturally, and requires no advanced planning or "end point" for the learner at all.
- Classes and other planned activities are always voluntary and optional, and may be led by staff or students. Many students may choose never to take a class. The word "class," which is used within many Sudbury model communities, may be misleading—some advocates of the model hold that the term "spontaneous interest group" is more accurate. Often, areas of the school are designated for a particular use, such as an art room, a music room, or a library. Although most areas would normally be free for any students to use, some items or activities may require a student to have completed a certification process to demonstrate their ability to use the item safely. Most of the schools have several certifications, such as to use a sewing machine or wood-working equipment.
The Sudbury model of education is student-centered and designed to empower students. Students in such a school learn to take an increasing level of responsibility for how they use their own time. They gain knowledge and skill in taking a significant level of responsibility for their own education. If this approach to education interests you, you will likely enjoy reading the short (free) book:
- Moursund, D.G. (June 2008). Becoming More Responsible for Your Education. Eugene, OR: Information Age Education. Access at http://i-a-e.org/ebooks/doc_download/39-becoming-more-responsbile-for-your-education.html.
This book was written mainly for students in their early teens.
Quoting from the Wikipedia:
- Ethnography is a genre of writing that uses fieldwork to provide a descriptive study of human societies. Ethnography presents the results of a holistic research method founded on the idea that a system's properties cannot necessarily be accurately understood independently of each other. … Many cultural anthropologists consider ethnography the essence of the discipline.
The following reference is for the full text of a substantial ERIC article.
- Anderson, Gary L. (1989). Critical Ethnography in Education: Origins, Current Status, and New Directions. Retrieved 10/28/08: http://eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED307285&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED307285.
Quoting the abstract:
- The development of critical ethnography in education is traced, and the central epistemological and methodological issues in the practice of critical ethnography are discussed. Some of the directions the field appears to be taking are considered. Critical ethnography in education began in the late 1960's and early 1970's, with roots in the interpretist movements of anthropology and sociology. By the early 1980's, ethnographic methods and critical theory and critical feminism were well-entrenched among a small segment of American educational researchers. Subfields in which critical ethnography has been used include: (1) student subcultures; (2) curriculum; (3) administration and policy; (4) teacher education; (5) comparative education; (6) gender; and (7) vocational education.
Anderson, Gary L. (1989). Critical Ethnography in Education: Origins, Current Status, and New Directions. Retrieved 10/28/08: http://eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED307285&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED307285.
CAE (n.d.). Council on Anthropology and Education. Retrieved 10/21/08: http://www.aaanet.org/sections/cae/index.htm. Quoting from the website:
- The Council on Anthropology and Education (CAE) is a section of the American Anthropological Association that was founded in 1968 to advance and stimulate scholarship on schooling in social and cultural contexts and on human learning both inside and outside of schools. CAE members receive the quarterly journal, Anthropology and Education Quarterly.
Glen, David (11/30/2010). Anthropologists debate whether 'science' is part of their mission. Retrieved 1/20/2011 from http://chronicle.com/article/Anthropologists-Debate-Whether/125571/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en. Quoting from the document:
- Is anthropology a science? Is it a coherent discipline at all?
- Those questions are as old as the field itself. They were taken up by Franz Boas in a 1904 lecture and by Clifford Geertz in a 2002 essay.
Pinker, Steven (February 2003). Steven Pinker chalks it up to the blank slate. TED video. Retrieved 7/10/09: http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_chalks_it_up_to_the_blank_slate.html. Quoting from the website:
- Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting.
Wolcott, Harry F. Ethnography: A way of seeing. 2nd e3d. 2008. Altamira Press.
- Harry Wolcott discusses the fundamental nature of ethnographic studies, offering important suggestions on improving and deepening research practices for both novice and expert researchers.
Varenne, Herve (2007). Alternative anthropological perspectives on education framework. Teachers College Record 2007. 109: 7. Retrieved 6/23/09: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=13810.
Links to Other IAE Resources
This is a collection of IAE publications related to the IAE document you are currently reading. It is not updated very often, so important recent IAE documents may be missing from the list.
This component of the IAE-pedia documents is a work in progress. If there are few entries in the next four subsections, that is because the links have not yet been added.
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IAE Newsletter
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Hampton, Pine-Richland and Shaler hockey teams ready for tough stretch
The PIHL season has a flurry of games just before taking a brief holiday break, and heading into the next stretch the local high school hockey teams are ready to build on some fast and steady starts to the season.
Coach Mike Bagnato is noticeably excited every time he talks about his team. His team is putting about 50 shots at the opposing net each game, and with the defense limiting the opposing chances, "there is not much more I could ask for," Bagnato said. "We have a tough stretch ahead, so we will see where we are."
The Rams are 4-1, but the tests will come when his team visits Franklin Regional at 7:50 p.m. on Monday, followed by a home game against Plum at 6:10 p.m. on Wednesday.
The one aspect Bagnato wants to see improve is the way the Rams let a team hang around in a game, rather than put it away.
"We will keep playing four lines and work in 18 players," Bagnato said.
The lines roll consistently, but Dillon Kessey, Zach Richey, Ryan Cole and Tyler Makita see the ice a little more frequently, especially during crunch time.
"We need to keep wearing teams down, but still stay composed and patient," Bagnato said.
"We don't have that big Division I prospect, but we are a strong nucleus that is steady, and we push each other to work hard. It has been fun, and I hope it keeps up."
Coach Anthony Scolari will accept a 3-0 start thanks to an offensive explosion, but he said the true identity of his team has yet to show itself.
"We play both ends of the ice really well, and the goals will come from the defense," Scolari said. "If we take care of our own end first, then (we can) go down the ice and finish."
Scolari said he has seen good puck movement from a relatively new team, and he added that if his team continued to do these same things and not let the record of the opponent dictate how it plays, the outcome will be good.
"We are not going out to score 10-12 goals a game," he said. "We want to play tight defense and limit their scoring chances."
Thus far, Hampton has limited the opposition. The Talbots defeated Gateway, 12-2, to open the regular season, then laid it on Montour, 7-2. North Hills proved to be a stiffer task, but Hampton still came away with a 6-4 win.
Hampton is staring at a three-game stretch beginning at 7:45 p.m. today, Thursday at Center Ice against Gateway. Hampton then returns home to play Bishop Canevin at 7:10 p.m. on Monday before playing in an outdoor game against Franklin Regional at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at the Penguins Pond.
At 2-3-1, Shaler is battling. Led by Austin Martz, the team's top scorer, the young Titans are looking to build each game and make a late push for the playoffs.
The biggest obstacle facing coach Curt Hetz is not necessarily what his team is doing on the ice; it's getting them all there to play. A busy travel-team schedule often leaves Hetz short on the bench, and with some of his best players not available as frequently as he would like, the Titans have struggled at times.
"It makes it hard to synchronize the guys and get them all on the same page," Hetz said. "But that is life in the world of high school hockey. I come from it, and I support it."
Hetz said he wants to get some more games at full strength (or closer to it) to get an accurate assessment of his team.
What Hetz has discovered is that many of the teams he and his squad have faced have two strong lines, so he is in the process of adapting his bench to meet that challenge.
"I am just not sure exactly where this team is," he said. "The good news is that we are 2-3-1, and we have done it with a subset of our team and we are in a position to get better."
Hetz said his penalty kill unit has been a bright spot thanks in part to Mason Werry and Ryan Fischerkeller as well as some other first-year players.
"Every team needs some penalty killers, and I think I have found that," Hetz said.
The Titans will head to Erie to take on McDowell at 8:30 p.m. today, Thursday, then will play Norwin at 8:45 p.m. on Monday at Harmarville Bladerunners. After that comes a date against rival Central Catholic at 5:40 p.m. at the Penguins Pond on the South Side on Dec. 14.
Jerry Clark is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-779-6979 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Siem Reap and Phnom Penh
24.11.2011 - 01.12.2011
View Round the World on ClaireJoe's travel map.
We'd read that the border between Thailand and Cambodia was troublesome. Many touts want to lure you away and scam you. With this in mind we used the government bus to get to the border and already had our e-visas. It was really easy in the end. Just walked across into Cambodia and onto the free shuttle bus to the main bus station. We did have to pay a little extra for a seat in a taxi ($12) but we had a much better time of it than a bus load of travellers we met en route who had to wait two hours at the Thai border without their passports while their tout got visas done for them at a somewhat inflated cost.
In Siem Reap we managed to find a room for $4 at Garden Village. They also hired bikes out for $1 and beer was 50¢. It's a hard life; this travelling lark.
We set out the next morning for Angkor Wat, the ruins of a civilization of about 1000 years ago. The main city, Angkor Thom, had a population of about 1,000,000 when London had about 50,000. The ruins are awesome and the cycling was fun. It's 10km from Siem Reap to the ruins but dead flat. The ruins make up for the flatness by having hundreds of steps, some of them very interesting after a thousand years of wear and tear. We went back a second day for the dawn, which was worth getting up at 4.30 to see and to visit some of the slightly more remote and less touristy temples (although we did make an exception for the temple where Tomb Raider and Two Brothers were filmed, Ta Prom). We also had fun bargaining with the local women for water, drinks, and breakfast (who knew menu prices were so negotiable). The food in Siem Reap was some of the best we've tasted. We also saw some Apsara dancing, where women demonstrate how double jointed they are and how good their core strength is. Apsaras are goddesses created as a side effect of the creation of the world, which was done by armies of gods and demons churning an ocean of milk (obviously).
We decided not to pay the extortionate tourist fare for the boat trip across the Tonlé Sap to Phnom Penh ($35!) so we took the bus. Phnom Penh's numeric road numbering system was a big help in navigating the city, which was small enough to go everywhere on foot (no matter how insistent the rickshaw drivers are), although Claire still managed to get lost. Claire maintains not lost but directionally challenged. On our first day, we visited the Royal Palace compound. It contains the Silver Pagoda, so called for its solid silver floor tiles. Very shiny. Mostly covered by carpet, but we found some uncovered bits to walk on.
The next day, we organized a trip to Choeung Ek, one of the Khmer Rouge killing fields. It had a very informative audio guide and a very beautiful stupa has been built in memory of the victims, containing hundreds of skulls that had been found in the surrounding mass graves. All in all, not a very pleasant experience but important to include. We followed it up with a visit to the Toul Sleng Prison, where many of the victims of the Khmer Rouge were tortured before being transported to the killing fields. Hard to believe that this happened so recently - the Khmer Rouge fell in 1979.
Phnom Penh itself is a great city, though. We particularly liked walking along the riverfront in the evening, where many locals gather to socialize or take part in a street dance class.
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The MetroStars are the first New Jersey based team to play in an Open Cup final since S.C. Elizabeth of New Jersey topped The San Pedro of California Yugoslavs 1-0 on May 21, 1972 at the Farcher's Grove in Union, N.J. Overall, New Jersey based teams have won the U.S. Open Cup three of the four times they have made the final, with S.C. Elizabeth also winning the Open Cup in 1970, and Paterson F.C. winning the 1923 Open Cup via forfeit. F.C. Paterson lost the 1919 Open Cup to Bethlehem Steel. In all, New Jersey teams have won three finals in four appearances.
New York City Teams – 37 Appearances, 25 Titles
The inaugural U.S. Open Cup in 1914 was an all-New York City affair, with the Brooklyn Field Club topping Brooklyn Celtic 2-1 on May 16, 1914 at the Lonsdale Avenue Ground in Pawtucket, R.I. The next year, Celtic fell again in the final, losing to Bethlehem Steel.
Seven years later Brooklyn Robbins Dry Dock brought the title back to the city with a 4-2 over St. Louis Scullin Steel. The next year, what was basically the same team fell in the final as Brooklyn Todd Shipyard.
After another seven-year absence, the city was again represented in the final with the New York Nationals winning 3-1 on aggregate goals after a two-game series. Forward Bart McGhee from that 1928 Nationals team would go on to lead the U.S. in the 1930 World Cup scoring one goal in three different matches in Uruguay. New York Hakoah SC made it back-to-back titles from the city as they won the 1929 championship.
The New York Americans made a trip to the final twice in the 1930s, winning the Cup in 1937 and losing in 1933. Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic also split their Open Cup Final appearances, following up a loss in 1938 with a win in 1939. Brooklyn Hispano came on strong in 1943 and 1944 with back-to-back titles, while New York Brookhatten won in 1945 before losing in 1948.
In the 1950s New York teams won three finals and dropped one, while they were a perfect 5-for-5 in the 1960s. The great run in the 1960s was capped by the New York Greek-Americans who won three consecutive titles from 1967 to 1969.
In the early 1980s, the New York Pancyprian-Freedoms dominated the national scene with Cup titles in 1980, 1982 and 1983. The most recent winner from the Big Apple was the Brooklyn Italians, who brought home the championship in 1991.
In all, New York City teams have appeared in 37 finals and have come away with 25 victories.
Chicago Teams – 15 Appearances, Seven Titles
The first Chicago-based team to appear in the Open Cup final was the Chicago Bricklayers, who lost to the New York Nationals 3-1 on aggregate goals the 1928 Cup's two-game series. The games that year were played at New York's Polo Grounds and Chicago's Soldier field with an estimated total of 31,000 fans seeing the two matches.
Three years later, the Bricklayers lost again to the Fall River Marksmen from Massachusetts. The first Chicago team to win the Open Cup was Chicago Sparta A.B.A., which defeated Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic in a two-game series in 1938.
After Chicago Manhattan Beer lost the 1939 Open Cup, Sparta A.B.A. returned to the final and finished as co-champions with Baltimore S.C. in 1940 after the team's played to a 2-2 aggregate tie after two games. In
1946, the Chicago Vikings won the Open Cup with the second leg of the final being held in Comisky Park. Sparta lost the 1947 final, and six years later the Chicago Falcons brought the Cup back to Chicago with a 3-0 aggregate win over Pittsburgh Harmarville S.C.
It would be 37 years until the Open Cup title returned to Chicago. In 1965, Chicago Hansa lost the Open Cup to the New York Ukrainians. Chicago Olympic then came up on the short side in 1968, while Chicago Croatia lost the final in 1974, 1979 and 1984.
Finally, in 1990 Chicago A.A.C Eagles topped the Brooklyn Italians for the Open Cup championship, and eight years later the Chicago Fire, it their first year of existence, topped the Columbus Crew 2-1 in overtime at Soldier Field. In 2000, the final returned to Soldier Field where the Fire topped the Miami Fusion 2-1.
Overall, Chicago teams have won the U.S. Open Cup seven times in 15 final appearances.


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It is a fine line between nanny state and concerned.
Encouraging Queensland's 17,000 problem gamblers to rethink their choices through targeted messages on ATMs in the state's pubs and clubs is an act of concern, according to Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie.
Preventing a discussion about raising the bets allowed on pokie machines at those same venues, on the other hand, comes back to nanny state territory.
Mr Bleijie said on Tuesday Queensland would not follow South Australia's lead by banning gambling promotion during live sporting bans.
He instead advocated federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's position.
"It is about deregulation – we don't like to be involved as much in the regulation and we don't believe in the nanny state situation," Mr Bleijie said.
"However at some stage governments do have to intervene, as Tony Abbott has said, and if he becomes the prime minister he has basically put the industry on notice, saying sort it out.
"We appreciate that sentiment, we agree with that sentiment, it should be industry led, but also I can understand the frustration and the nuisance that the public may feel being bombarded with these sorts of commercials and advertisements on TV when they are trying to watch a football game or another game with their family at home.
"I think what we should do is have a debate about this, but industry should be given the opportunity to sort this out first, if industry can do it, then government doesn't have to intervene."
Mr Bleijie was speaking at the launch of a new campaign which will see responsible gambling messages flashed on screens and ATMS at participating pubs and clubs across Queensland.
The campaign has the support of Clubs Queensland and the Queensland Hotels Association, which will encourage their members to sign up.
But the government is also considering a proposal from the gaming industry for concessions in response to increased taxes.
The concessions were listed in the red tape reduction and other reform proposals for regulation of liquor and gaming discussion paper released in February this year.
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The deputy chairman of the state's Gambling Help Network, Derek Tuffield, was at the same launch in support of the joint campaign between the government and clubs and pubs stakeholders.
He said his organisation would always push for "the harm minimalisation line" because increasing maximum bets could "increase the speed with which people go through their money".
Mr Tuffield agreed the issue needed debating.
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Healthy Honey Mustard Sauce and/or Dressing0
It's so simple and so delicious! 😀
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup Whipping Cream or Milk (depending on if you are controlling carbs or calories)
- Mustard Powder to taste (or yellow or dijon mustard, if you don't have mustard powder – just make adjustments with the yogurt and milk to get the right consistency)
- Splenda to taste (I use two packets)
- Various optional seasonings: Pepper, Dried Onion Flakes, Paprika, Garlic Powder. I wouldn't suggest using them all together! LOL
Whisk it all together.
I store mine in a mason jar!
Tristan Prettyman is All Love Love LOVE!0
In case you don't know who Tristan Prettyman is, or the song to which I'm referring, here's a link: Love Love Love.
I love this picture that she posted this morning, a thank you note from a couple who met at one of her concerts. Life is all about connecting people and making lives better. Good job, T$!!! 😀
Kristen Bell and the Case of the Birthday Sloth0
I admit it. I love Kristen Bell. I don't know if it's her adorable little pixie blonde cute charm, or just leftover Veronica Mars affection (which will NEVER fade), but I frickin' LOVE HER!
So, Kristin has a fiance, Dax. Oldies like moi will remember Dax from Punk'd days, but others might recognize him from his current gig, which is Crosby on Parenthood. Or, as I like to refer to the character – Jabbar's Dad. 😀
Well, anyway, Kristen is a huge animal lover, and has always wanted to interact with a sloth. A "Sloth Encounter" if you will.
Check out the A-DOR-A-BLE clip of her recounting on Elllen the story of how her honey made that shit happen! 😀
Awesome Dog Friendly Restaurant in South Lake Tahoe – The Bear Beach Cafe
I was up at Tahoe this weekend, and – since I always prefer to keep Mr. Hercules with me given the choice, I set about looking for a cool dog friendly restaurant in South Lake Tahoe. I found a great one!
First of all, if you're not familiar with Lake Tahoe, permit me to school you. 🙂 It's the most awesome place in the history of ever. It's so gorgeous!
Mark Twain wrote this about it in 1861:
"At last the lake burst upon us–a noble sheet of blue water lifted six thousand three hundred feet above the level of the sea, and walled in by a rim of snow-clad mountain peaks that towered aloft three thousand feet higher still! As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface, I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole world affords."
So, as I was driving around, I noticed that the Bear Beach Cafe on Highway 50 sets out tables on the lawn in front of the building, and I saw some people with dogs laying under their tables. Excellent! Views of the lake and hang time with my puppy? No question! It was time for me and Hercy to give it a try!
The first thing that struck me was how easy it was to get seated. This sounds like a small thing, but you'd be surprised what a pain in the neck the logistics are at some places to get seating outside when you're alone with a dog. Well, at The Bear Beach Cafe, I simply walked in and asked the hostess if I could grab a table outside with my dog. She said that would be no problem, and we settled on which table it would be. I told her I was heading back to my car to get my dog – and what do you think I found when I arrived at the table just moments later? A water bowl, all laid out for Hercules! 😀
As you can see, the view is awesome, being so close to the Lake!
The food was absolutely delicious. I ordered the Lakeview Omlette, which was delicious! 😀
Herc obviously liked it – he enjoyed looking out at the view, as well as chillin' on the grass!
Next time we are back in Tahoe, we will definitely be hitting up the Bear Beach Cafe! 😀
Cheboygan County Fair Queen9
Don't ask me how I came across this as I was researching something for a client…sometimes click trails are just extremely convoluted. 😀 But I did. I came across an article in the Cheboygan News about the Cheboygan County Fair Queen. And it BLEW. ME. THE. F*#&$. AWAY!
So, here's the deal. Six chicks competed for the apparently illustrious title of Cheboygan County Fair Queen in Cheboygan, Michigan last Sunday. Here are the four that placed:
OK, so, fair enough…I live in Los Angeles, not Michigan, so maybe I have a skewed sense of physical beauty. Maybe there's just not a huge pool of talent in good ole Cheboygan? Right? Am I right?
This is one of the two girls that DID NOT MAKE THE TOP FOUR. Out of SIX!
I'm sorry, but in what universe does that girl not beat those four other girls by a galactic effing MILE in a beauty competition???
Is Cheboygan, like, BIZARRO world or something?
Hello, Newman.
PS – Before anyone starts to berate me for being mean to the sensitive little kiddies, let's remember that these girls entered themselves, of their own free will, into a competition where they *asked* people to evaluate, judge, and rank them on their physical attributes. I'm merely taking them up on that request! 🙂
PPS – Apparently someone from this town is spreading this post like wildfire. Opinions are a mixed bag, from those that are "appauled" that I somehow got the idea that the concept of "pagent" somehow relates to beauty (go figure), to those who feel I've merely given voice to opinions secretly held by many. Who would have thought this would have become such a hot-button issue, like, five months after the fact??
At any rate, apparently (according to a couple of commenters), this "pagent" is all about inner beauty, and character, and charity work, and whatnot…which apparently is best judged in ballgowns and tiaras. My mistake! 😀
Kanye West – "People Look At Me Like I'm Hitler"0
I think this comparison could have easily been avoided with a little bit more careful consideration with regards to personal style…
Stamie Karakasidis and Tracy Ryerson – They Could NOT Be Nicer and More Awesome If They Tried!0
So, this happened today. 🙂 I walked down to Starbuck's for my iced coffee fix. And one unusual and amazing thing was, they spelled my name right! But that was not all.
Also getting their coffee on were Stamie Karakasidis and Tracy Ryerson from season one of The Real L Word.Normally, living in LA, I never stop celebs and ask to take pictures or anything. Number one, it's nerdy and lame. Number two, I'd never make it out of Ralph's. 😀 But in this instance, I decided to go ahead. Stamie and Tracy were my favorites on TRLW, and I have long been bummed that I didn't happen to be at the ACE studio on the day that they taped The Parent Experiment.
They were SO, SO nice when I imposed on them for a photo. I got all nervous and fumbly – I do this weird thing where it doesn't freak me out to see/meet celebrities unless *I* really like them, and then I'm a nervous wreck. I mean, I used to live in Malibu, for God's sake. I've met Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson (before he was crazy), Cindy Crawford, David Duchovny, John Cusack, Cher…I could go on and on. They registered a big NOTHING on the nervousness scale.
However, I meet Paul Giamatti (and this was a 2001 Paul Giamatti, immediately following "Duets" – he was NOT that famous yet!) and I lose my religion. I meet Stamie and Tracy and can't even manage to operate my camera (and then phone) without fumbling all over the place.
Anyway, like I said, they were absolutely gracious and friendly and completely as nice and fun as they seemed to be on the show.
Check out the pic above, and make sure you check out their website – Our Fifteen Minutes!
Rob Bell and Francis Chan4
Here's a pretty awesome photo that was recently posted by David Vanderveen.
It was captioned as follows:
Rob Bell and I are headed to Montreal for a project to meet an Irish sage and who would you guess we bumped into at our gate? Francis Chan…one of Rob's more dedicated critics. Things don't just happen.
I loved Cathleen Falsani's comment: "rob has the best laugh. i recognize that one."
And this comment from Troy McIntosh made me laugh: "While the picture itself is definitely interesting, what is really intersting is that you are traveling to Montreal to meet an Irish sage.' ?!?!?!!"
But, I think the comment that takes the cake, for me, when it comes to really capturing the spirit of what is special about this photo is the following, from Jack Boeve: "It's a blessing when brothers dwell together in unity…even if they do happen to disagree respectfully with each other at times."
For those unfamiliar with the ideas of Francis Chan and Rob Bell, here's a little breakdown:
Mainstream, traditional Christian theology teaches that a certain subset of people will go to heaven. Rob Bell teaches that more people than that will ultimately go to heaven. Francis Chan teaches that not even that many people will ultimately go to heaven.
For visual learners 😀 –
There are obviously nuances to both of their arguments that aren't expressed here – what I've posted was a vast oversimplification. Still, it's a jumping off point.
For those on my Facebook, you will be aware that I, personally, am firmly Team Rob. 😀 I was so deeply moved by Love Wins, and it really changed the way I look at life, spirituality, and the afterlife. Or, I should say, it affirmed the way I've always instinctually viewed those things, and gave me permission to stop feeling ashamed and scared for those views. If you weren't raised in a fundamentalist church, you can't understand why feeling like a loving God wouldn't, for instance, send a 10 year old leukemia victim to Hell for not having had the good fortune to "get saved" yet is a terrifyingly subversive view, but it is. 🙂
Or that a loving God wouldn't…you know…send ME to Hell for thinking that way! 😀
For years I felt like it wasn't right to call myself a Christian, to pray, to go to church, to believe in God, etc – if I wasn't going to accept the whole shebang…lock, stock, and brimstone-smoking barrels. After all, one of the main tenets of Christianity is that you believe all of it or none of it. So I felt, if I could not force myself to swallow the parts of it that were abhorrent to me (and don't think I didn't spend years trying to force myself to!), then letting the whole thing go would be the only non-hypocritical thing to do.
Still, though, I missed it! For all those years, it was a constant back and forth.
STEP 1 – Missing church, missing God, missing "being a Christian"
STEP 2 – Going back to church, getting fed up with the hatefulness, the misogyny, and the elitism
STEP 3 – Realizing the only spiritually honest thing to do would be to abandon it
STEP 4 – Return to Step 1, Rinse and Repeat 😀
And throughout every step, of course, I was internally tortured, being torn between what I actually believed and what I was supposed to believe in order to make it into Heaven.
Then came Love Wins.
When I read it, it was like the sun came out, or a light bulb came on. For the first time, I heard someone describe a Heaven that made sense to me, and criteria for getting there that made sense to me as well! And the funny thing was, it was all so simple, all so clearly laid out in the Bible, that I couldn't believe I'd never actually seen it there myself before. It's amazing how fear can filter information so that you can't see what's been right in front of you all along.
And, also, for the first time, it actually started to *feel* real to me. All those years of trying to force myself to believe in something that didn't fit, and now *poof* – it just clicked in my head, and it instantly felt real. It was honestly, more than anything, just such a giant relief.
So, back when I was posting all of that on Facebook, during the first rush of excitement and new discovery from having read the book, my youth pastor from when I was a teenager (or maybe his wife? I don't know, they share a Facebook account), commented on one of my status updates, recommending Chan's book Crazy Love – which I took as a sweeter, less confrontational way of saying, "Don't be seduced by the hipster's loosey-goosey theology! You can't actually get into Heaven that way! Heathen!" LOL
And that's great, I LOVE that! I love being surrounded on Facebook by a group of friends and family that can all have divergent and passionately-held views, and can all feel comfortable to express them on my Facebook wall, even if they are different from mine, without fear of being disrespected or discounted.
That's why I love this photo, ultimately! I love it for the fact that it shows two people who could not be further apart ideologically on the points where they diverge and yet – when they run into each other – they laugh and smile. That's how it should be!
I also wanted to post this because I like the idea that, in the future, people will Google "Rob Bell" and "Francis Chan" in concert, expecting to come across criticisms and snipes – and will actually come across a photo of those two guys, their arms around each others' shoulders, smiling and respectful of one another.
That's how it should be.


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New Zealand's next top Modellers?
New Zealand's next top Modellers?
Children at Riverdale School have spent the last few weeks learning multiple skills by building their own kitset models.
Fifteen children aged between 5 and 10 were given their own model Spitfire to build by Terrace End Books and Toys. Over the last three weeks under the watchful eye of Bruce Stokes from the store and Patrick Buckley from Manawatu Scale Model Club, the children have cut, glued and painted their models as part of the school's elective subjects programme.
All children at the school are offered the opportunity to take part in activities that they may not normally have the chance to experience - from cake decoration to 10 pin bowling.
Riverdale School Principal, Debra Peck was impressed. "The children have thoroughly enjoyed working with Bruce and Patrick. Building models has provided a level playing field for learning because the children can see, hear and do regardless of their learning abilities. Success speaks for itself when you see 15 boys and girls totally engaged for two and a half hours."
Along the way the modellers have learned key skills, such as following instructions, patience, cooperation, manual dexterity, recognising their limits and overcoming barriers to learning.
And the learning has been a two way street. Bruce hasn't built a model since the Beatles toured New Zealand. Neither he nor Patrick have ever tried teaching, so they have had to learn how to pace their instructions, how to get the best out of each individual child and how much fun it is to be back in school.
"I have loved every minute of working with the kids. It's great to show them that activities such as modelling, away from electronics and screens, are fun, social and rewarding. Terrace End Books and Toys is very much part of the community and it has been equally fun, social and rewarding to play a small part in encouraging children in the community to try something different," said Bruce.
Four children were presented with prizes for impressing Bruce and Patrick with their modelling prowess and attitudes. But no one went home empty handed, as all of the children received their own model gliders to build at home.


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The state Senate in NY has again passed legislation to make it legal to punch someone in a cage, as opposed to a ring, which is perfectly fine.
Local MMA instructor, Kevin Leonard, expressed his frustrations with not being able to do what he loves in his home state: "You gotta travel to, you know, New Jersey. Travel to Vermont, Massachusetts. Everywhere around here you can go but, you know, you can't fight here."
Senator Joseph Griffo (R), who sponsors the Bill that was passed, lays out what this Bill will do for the state of NY: "It will allow us to generate economic revenue for this state as well as economic activity in many communities across this state."
The Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, stopped by the Capital on Wednesday to talk about the sport she cares so much about. "It is an art and it is beautiful and I've spent my entire life trying to perfect it, and to see other people call what I've devoted my life to barbaric is kinda like saying, you know when I come here, I respect what you people do and, I just, all I'm asking is the same respect for what I do."
Assemblyman Dean Murray (R) has some reservations about the whole situation: "I find it a shame that we're letting a union out of Las Vegas dictate whether or not we have a sport legalized in New York."
According to the report, the problem stems from NY unions not caring for the non-union position of casinos owned by some of the names behind MMA. It is rumored that they're the ones putting pressure on lawmakers to stop MMA from becoming legal in NY.
Assemblyman Joseph Morelle makes a good observation, pointing out that both Rashad Evans and Jon Jones – who will be facing off this Saturday for the light heavyweight title- are NY fighters. "That is not going to be held in the state of New York, unfortunately." Morelle will be introducing a comparable bill in the next few days.
I don't know what the big deal is. I can already fight in MSG on Undisputed 3. So far, no riots or cage-related felonies to speak of. So what say you; will we see MMA in NYC and if so, when?Tags: featured, MMA NEWS, Strikeforce, strikeforce news, ufc news, UFC on FOX, UFC on FOX 2, ufc on fox 3, UFC on Fuel, UFC on FX


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Los Angeles, CA – January 13, 2014 – Lakeshore Entertainment announced the launch of their partnership with Sierra/Affinity to acquire worldwide distribution rights from independent film producers. The new venture will provide producers and financiers with a unique one-stop-shop alternative to license all or a portion of their worldwide territories.
It will be financed and operated under Lakeshore's long-standing international sales, distribution and marketing division, Lakeshore International. Nick Meyer's Sierra/Affinity will work with Lakeshore to identify projects to acquire and the international sub-distributors to exploit the rights. The company will provide producers with levels of speed and certainty to sell their international distribution rights that do not currently exist in the marketplace.
"Providing producers with the ability to monetize their international rights early, and with certainty, helps producers to green light production," stated Lakeshore Chief Operating Officer, Eric Reid. "We are looking forward to forging new relationships with independent partners."
"We have enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Lakeshore Entertainment in jointly selling rights to many of their films in the international marketplace," said Sierra/Affinity CEO Nick Meyer. "We will harness our combined experience, relationships and understanding of global film distribution to design sales strategies that maximize the opportunity for the films we acquire to be seen by the largest audience possible."
Both companies have a long track record of success in production, acquisition and international sales. Lakeshore has produced well over 60 films since 1994 – all of which were sold in the international marketplace. Nick Meyer and his team also have 20 years of international acquisition and sales expertise.
Founded in 1994, Lakeshore is a leading independent, production, finance, international sales and distribution company. Sierra/Affinity, created in 2011, is a leading independent film finance, production and foreign sales company.
Lakeshore's upcoming releases include I, FRANKENSTEIN, starring Aaron Eckhart and WALK OF SHAME, starring Elizabeth Banks and James Marsden. International sales for their upcoming film AGE OF ADALINE, starring Blake Lively and Ellen Burystn, were handled by Lakeshore and Sierra/Affinity at this year's AFM.
Lakeshore & Sierra/Affinity Team On Worldwide Rights Venture For Indie Films
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So what exactly is the news here. What they are doing has been done for more than 30 years in order to finance independent films. Don't understand what makes this different and therefore newsworthy.
This is the worst press release in a long time, "they're going to presell movies so indie producers can make movies?" Idiots.
I love this indie film world. So Sierra puts out a release that it can guarantee a US deal, which the competition can't do, which is why all producers pay WME and CAA to do it, and the competition comes on here posting ignorant comments to detract from the news.
Keep on hating while Sierra/Affinity crushes you in the years to come.
I think what's unusual about the strategy is that they can pay an indie filmmaker money upfront for international rights. It puts money in their pockets early that can be used for production.
LOL, an international acquisition is unusual?


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AN ACTRESS has chosen Northwich to launch her first book and a new version of an award-winning show.
Northwich-born Rebecca Little will be touring her show 'What Became of the Red Shoes?' in Cheshire schools throughout March and launching the book on March 2.
The picture book, written by Rebecca, is based on the show and illustrated by Hannah Lewis.
The story is about Granny Flo and Ruby, who goes on magical adventures as she explores her granny's attic.
She meets a pirate, some helpful animals, a grumpy snowman and even has a trip to space.
The family show, which is supported by Arts Council England, features original music and dance and will also give children chance to join in a dance and drama workshop.
This is the first time that Little Pixie Productions, the theatre company that Rebecca runs with her two sisters Helena and Vicky, have applied and been awarded a grants for arts award from the Arts Council.
'What Became of the Red Shoes?' will also be performed at Tarvin Village Hall at 4pm on March 8, with tickets available at cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk, and at Crewe Lyceum Theatre at 1.30pm on March 22, with tickets available by ringing 01270 368242.
The book launch is on Sunday, March 2, at the Davenham Players Theatre and is open to the public from 4.30pm to 5.30pm, where visitors can meet the author and illustrator and buy a signed copy of the book.
For more information visit littlepixeproductions.co.uk.


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How long do you recommend women take Arimidex (anastrozole) after being treated for aggressive breast cancer? Four years ago, at the age of 46, I was diagnosed with HER-2/neu, stage III-plus, ER/PR-positive breast cancer, node-positive (only two or three lymph nodes). Dose-dense chemo (doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by four rounds of Taxol/paclitaxel) was followed by extensive daily radiation on the affected side of my chest, neck and armpit. The Arimidex has extended and exacerbated chemo-induced menopausal symptoms, and my oncologist seems to think that 10 years of aromatase inhibitors is warranted, despite the fact that it's been over four years with no recurrence of cancer. Is he being overly cautious? CT scans, PET scans and MRIs show no new growths. Thank you.
In general, the party line has been to consider five years of endocrine therapy, preferably with an aromatase inhibitor such as Arimidex for additional therapy of a HER-2/neu positive breast cancer that also expresses the estrogen receptor.
If the type of cancer you experienced recurs, it tends to do so within a few years of initial presentation and treatment. In this setting, the research is less clear about whether adding therapy beyond the standard five years will make a huge difference in the long-term.
For you, the most important consideration is weighing the risks of relapse against the known impact on your quality of life. It is one thing to live your life with the fear of recurrence but another to take a medicine that harms your quality of life while providing marginal — if any — benefit beyond the duration of time supported by research.
Although you didn't ask, I'll add that the ordering of routine surveillance PET scans and CT scans sounds like overkill. These tests are more likely to cause undue anxiety when something is detected, given that more "non-cancer" will be picked up than anything else. Furthermore, the radiation you are receiving with the CT scans can really add up over time.
Learn more in the Everyday Health Breast Cancer Center.


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Ballroom dancing involves dancing a variety of social dances with a partner. This type of dancing is when a couple follow a pattern of dance steps. For a couple to dance well requires that they are connected and that the man is firm in the lead, and the woman is flexible in following the lead. The purpose is for the two dancers to become one being dancing to the music.
All that is required to learn the dance steps is patience, practice and a desire to learn.
Different Dances
Ballroom dancing combines different dances. Modern ballroom includes Latin dances and American-style dancing that feature a lot of turns and quick movements. The dances can be slow or fast depending on the type of dance you are doing. Although the dances are different, they do have similarities.
Forward and On the Spot Dances
Dances that involve a continuous forward movement are danced in a line counter clockwise around the dance floor e.g. Waltz, Foxtrot, and Tango.
Dances that involve dancing on the spot are danced in the centre of the dance floor e.g the Jive, Mambo, Rumba and Cha cha cha.
Dance Lessons
Group lessons from a dance studio or club is enough to learn the basic steps and get to know the dances. In a group, I get to dance with different partners and progress faster than if I were to dance only with one partner.
I also find that I learn faster when I repeat the dance level (e.g. bronze 1) I have just completed at the same time as taking the next level (e.g. bronze 2). I get to see what I missed the first time around which helps me to begin to really master the fundamentals.
Dance Shoes
Ballroom dance shoes help the beginner learn as they make the dancing easier.
Dance Music
Some music seems easier to dance to than others. I learn more quickly when the music I am dancing to has a clear beat and I know what the timing of the music is. I have started a list of dance music that I like and has an obvious rhythm.
Dance Competition
Dancing ballroom has also evolved into a competition sport. Even though beginners can compete with each other, this is not for me right now! I am not fit enough and I think it might take the fun out of learning to dance.
World Dance Culture
Dancing has always been part of human cultures. There are ancient cave paintings illustrate that the first humans danced in some form. Today, people still like to rhythmically move their bodies in time with music. There are many, many dance styles throughout the world that are used as a form of expression, socializing or performance. Every dance style has something in common. They tend to involve flexible body movement and are based on physics and geometry.
Within this world dance culture, ballroom dance is a classical style of dance along with ballet and tango. Classical dancing teaches the qualities of grace, balance and poise, and fulfills the human need for physical intimacy and contact.
At the same time there are other dances where dancers are not in physical contact with each other. Line dancing is a dance with a repeated sequence of steps, in which a group of people dance in one or more lines, all facing the same direction and doing the dance steps at the same time. Belly Dancing is a traditional folk dance from the Middle East and is a dance style that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Hip hop dancing to hip hop music is freestyle in nature and includes breakdancing and krumping.
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'Hatha-haters' Fire Back at Anne Hathaway
Everyone is talking about the so-called 'Hatha-haters,' people who rolled their eyes at Anne Hathaway's gushing acceptance speeches throughout awards season.
Willie Geist from the Today show said, "'Hatha-haters' are these sort of snarky people who view her as not self-deprecating enough."
US Weekly reported that Hathaway actually worked on her speech to make herself more likeable.
After her win, regarding the mean-spirited 'Hatha-haters,' she said, "It does get to me."
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SAN ANTONIO - While they live in a right-handed world, lefties get a whole day to celebrate their preferred paw.
Wednesday is Left Handers Day!
Everydayhealth.com says left-handed people aren't a new thing. Neanderthals favored their left hand. It also quotes the American Journal of Psychology as saying lefties are better artists. The site says left-handed athletes may be better at sports.
Some of those studies could be backed up by Lefthandersday.com. The site has a pretty impressive list of southpaws. You can see 40 of them in our slideshow.
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Sensationalism is seizing on a small fraction of an interview and then disingenuously making it into the entire story. One writer who covers the football team representing the best journalism school in the country has done exactly that to Ohio State's star running back recruit:
Over the years I've heard recruits and their families cite just about every reason for the decisions they make when it comes to choosing a school. This might be a first.
If you're looking for someone to blame for Missouri not landing St. Louis running back Ezekiel Elliott, here's a new one. The local media. That's right. Me and my colleagues who cover the Tigers.
"Mizzou lacked the same type of influence Ohio State had," (Scout.com's Ari) Wasserman wrote. "They used Elliott's multiple visits to Mizzou and the fact that nobody wrote about it as an example.
Stacy Elliott admitted that the passion, the coverage and just the overall following at Ohio State blows Mizzou out of the water.
I'm crushed by guilt. If only I could have done more to help the Tigers land Elliott. Where's Will Hunting's psychiatrist when you need him? Give it to me straight, Robin Williams. "It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. … "
In fairness, the Elliotts discussed other reasons that factored into the decision. But this one I'd describe as, well, unique.
That ain't right, man. You're making it sound like that's exclusively why he left home for Ohio, when that's not even close to the truth - which you buried at the very end of the story.
It didn't take very long for EzE to respond:
These Missouri reporters just need to spot being butt hurt and trying to twist my family's words.
— #⃣1⃣5⃣ Ezekiel(@EzekielElliott) March 6, 2013
Missouri's lack of media coverage did not effect my college decision
— #⃣1⃣5⃣ Ezekiel(@EzekielElliott) March 6, 2013
That was only a small part of the interview. I don't see why people are blowing it out of proportion
— #⃣1⃣5⃣ Ezekiel(@EzekielElliott) March 6, 2013
And just for good measure:
Spring ball starts today. Good luck @cb6era @jt_theqb @primetime_lewis @tsprinkle93 @eliapple_9 #BuckeyeNation
— #⃣1⃣5⃣ Ezekiel(@EzekielElliott) March 5, 2013


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Senior Associate (Digital) at a leading Financial/Corporate PR Company
- Recruiter
- Unicorn Jobs
- Location
- City Of London
- Salary
- £50-60,000
- Posted
- 15 Jan 2014
- Closes
- 15 Feb 2014
- Ref
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Function
- Account Director, Director (Agency), Director (In-House)
- Discipline
- Business to Business, Corporate Communications, Digital & Online, Financial PR, Marketing Communications, Press / Media Relations
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
A global leader in strategic communications and a trusted adviser to many of the world's most successful companies, with offices in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia - is in search of a Senior Associate with Digital Expertise. The role is located in London.
The successful candidate will work across the company's client list to provide best in class advice and execution on digital and social media for financial, corporate and crisis communications. The role requires someone with strong experience in both digital and corporate communications, with a proven mix of entrepreneurial, commercial and creative skills. The environment is dynamic and there will be plenty of potential for career development through involvement in a wide variety of projects.
Typical duties will involve
Development and execution of highly strategic digital and social media plans for financial, corporate and crisis communications
Setting up of social media accounts and audience engagement. Creating and executing digital and social media strategies
Work closely with sector and account teams on new business and current clients on digital opportunities and risks across communication plans and crises management
Project management of digital builds e.g. websites, IPO microsites
Advising on and assisting in the preparation of messaging materials for use on online platforms
Ensure that all digital and social media strategies and advice is in line with the RLM Finsbury guiding principles
Insights and research for current clients and new business opportunities
Influencer mapping
Monitoring. May be some requirement for social media summaries
Researching content strategy
Keep abreast of all new technological developments in the digital arena
Identify ways in which they can innovate and ensure we are ahead of the curve in relation to our clients
Source new technology, content and delivery partners
Forging productive relationships
Build relationships and represent the digital practice in advisory meetings with senior level clients
Engagement - forge productive relationships with clients, bloggers and partners
Develop strong relationships across key digital partners e.g. Twitter, LinkedIn
New business
Contribute to and present at new business pitches across the company
Provide guidance to the digital advocates around the business
Manage requests for assistance and assist or delegate to appropriate team members
Create and present training internal and external workshops Necessary attributes
Industry knowledge
Comprehensive understanding of digital and social media opportunities and how it can be integrated into corporate communications
Experience creating and delivering digital / social media plans for financial and corporate communications - advocacy and reputation management / crisis
Understanding of digital business models and the role of service providers and partners in the value chain
Significant relevant PR, Press industry experience required
Proven in handling and running client relationships
Insight and judgement to give advice helping clients make the greatest impact
Ability and willingness to lead and persuade others to embrace digital
Advocacy – able to engage, influence and persuade verbally and in written materials appropriate to the platform
Strong analytical skills with a vision to turn consumer best practice into case-appropriate financial and corporate initiatives
Diplomacy – expert in reading people and situations; professional in navigating challenging situations
Demonstrable interest and understanding of business environment and current affairs
Ideally financially literate, some experience in working with financial information
Personal qualities
Enthusiastic team player, demonstrates leadership, able to collaborate effectively across the RLM Finsbury network, contributing to a constructive environment
Track record in building strong relationships which command the respect of others both internally and externally; potential to be a strong ambassador for the firm
Accountable, organised and hard-working with meticulous attention to detail, able to prioritise, respond to a moving agenda and deliver on time sensitive projects
Intellectually rigorous, Independent, clear and creative thinker, takes initiatives, goes beyond the expected, spots opportunities and innovates; continually seeks to broaden knowledge and contact base through networking; shares expertise
Positive outlook, flexible, adaptable, resilient and good-humoured


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Warranties: Check Out the
Warranties are complicated beasts, and it's not ideal to recommend spending several hundred dollars extra for "24-hour business day" service when that can actually be interpreted in different ways by different companies.
For on-site repair, you'll typically see a service technician wearing a company tag just for that visit; they work for firms that contract out the local work. If you have a problem that's beyond their ability to repair on the spot, they may lack spare parts, and you may still be out of commission for a day or two or over a weekend.
Visit the official support forums
Our verdict: You almost certainly will want to spend the few hundred dollars to get improved warranty over the included offer, but research to find out what level is worthwhile.
Preinstalled Programs: Remove the Bloatware
Every computer maker should offer the option to provide a computer with no comarketed, preinstalled software packages that generally serve more to slow down your new system's performance than to enhance your computing experience. Yes, antivirus and firewall software trials can make sure you're safe out of the box, but this is also a lock-in strategy with marketing dollars involved, not something that has
It's surprising that PC makers haven't embraced such an option, despite the potential revenue loss from business partners supplying the trial apps. After all, Sony recently endured a public
None of the major makers, including Sony, offer this option for desktops except Apple, which doesn't install trial software from other firms, and has just one inducement for a service--its .Mac subscription hosting option--during the setup process.
Our verdict: Manufacturers should offer this software-free option, and removing bloatware should be one of your first tasks
Glenn Fleishman writes the blog Glenn Fleishman on Hardware on PCWorld.com, and edits his own site, Wi-Fi Networking News.


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NEW PORT RICHEY — Across the stage Friday, the Gulf High School seniors shuffled, loped and swaggered, moonwalked on their toes and wobbled on their high heels.
They shook their principal's hand, took their diplomas, smiled for the cameras: Transition to adulthood now in progress.
This was the easy part, of course, that walk across the stage at a packed Calvary Chapel Worship Center, in front of families calling their names, holding up their cell phone cameras and letting out respectable "woo-hoos."
Each of the 249 Gulf seniors came with his or her own story. "Each of us," said valedictorian Jennifer Johnson, "has been through all kinds of winds."
Here is one story. Susan Donnelly is an honors student headed to Pasco Hernando Community College and is a licensed cosmetologist through her courses at Marchman Technical Education Center.
"I'm nervous. I'm scared," she said before the ceremony. "It's going to be different."
She is soft-spoken, shy and full of potential, the type of kid adults often describe as being in bloom. Her cosmetology instructor, Kellyann Haudricourt, said she "can't stress enough how smart (Susan) is, and most importantly she is such a beautiful person inside."
Not until ninth grade did Susan have stability in her life. She and her three younger siblings are in foster care and moved from one place to another until they settled in with a New Port Richey couple.
At the graduation ceremony Friday, Susan and the other seniors watched a video the school had put together and displayed on two large screens in the auditorium. There were two photographs of each student on the screens, one of a young child and one of a teenager now at the edge of something uncertain.
"What does it mean to hold the future in our hands?" salutatorian Courtney Cohen had asked during her speech. "It means we have the power to shape our lives."
For Susan, it also means that everything is changing again after four years of stability. Next month she turns 18, which means she'll age out of the foster care system. She and a friend are getting an apartment together in Trinity while she goes to PHCC.
She's also working part time at a New Port Richey hair salon, just washing hair, but her boss knows she can do more. Her boss wants Susan to start cutting, too.
Next walk-in customer is yours, she keeps telling Susan. Susan is excited but worried about the challenge.
Sometimes, deep down, she is terrified that someone will walk through that door without an appointment. Sometimes, she knows she is ready when that person does.
Jodie Tillman can be reached at
firstname.lastname@example.com or (727) 869-6247.


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Kayak fishing Pine Island is one of Capt. Butch Rickey's favorite passtimes. You'll be messmerized and captivated by this beautiful, alluring island known as Pine Island. The secluded, quaint and "country waterfront" atmosphere is a huge part of the charm of fishing Pine Island. Protected by extensive mangrove shorelines rather than white sand beaches, Pine Island has escaped the concrete, blacktop, skyscrapers, high prices, and traffic jams found in the more touristy, beachy communities. Existing legislation prohibits high density, high-rise development in the foreseeable future . . . designed to preserve the unique, rural island heritage that is unique to fishing Pine Island for generations to come.
A day on the water is not complete without a stop at the locally famous Waterfront Restaurant, for what will surely be some of the best food you've ever had the pleasure of eating. In all the years I've been guiding, I have not had even one person who was disappointed with the food, or who thought it didn't live up to the billing! That's quite a record.
At nearly 17 miles long and 2 miles wide, Pine Island (in Lee County) is the largest island on the west coast of Florida. It's just a 15 to 20 minute to Cape Coral, 30 minutes to Ft. Myers, and about an hour from Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW). It is a bit remote for some folks, and being an interior island, has no beaches. But, if you love the relaxed, slow pace of life that is lost to most, if you love knowing all your neighbors, and a true sense of community, you'll love Pine Island.
Capt. Butch Rickey spent much of his youth living on Sanibel and Captiva Islands, and has spent much of his life chasing fish inthe Sound, Charlotte Harbor, and Sarasota Bay. His knowledge of the local waters, years of experience, highly specialized kayak fleet, and strong work ethic, combine to give you aangling experience you'll never forget.angling platform that will add to your overall fun, safety, and comfort. It is powered by Yamaha 150 HP Saltwater Series motor, and will run and float in unbelievably shallow water. It will get you to where the fish are quickly, safely, quietly, and in dry comfort. -->
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Puppy Edit
Conversation Edit
- Dalmatian: Yipyipyip! (Hello!)
- Player: Hello there!
- Dalmatian: Yipyapyipyipyap! (Pay attention to me!)
- Player: I am!
- Dalmatian: Yapyapyapyap! (Yay!)
Adult Edit
Conversation 1 Edit
- Dalmatian: Woof! (Hey!)
- Player: What is it?
- Dalmatian: Woof woof! (Hello!)
- Player: Hello?
- Dalmatian: Woof! Woof! (Yay! Hello!)
- Player: Simple things for simple minds, I suppose.
Conversation 2 Edit
- Dalmatian: Woofwoof woof? (Whatcha doin'?)
- Player: Nothing much. I'll be done in a little while.
- Dalmatian: Woofwoofwoof woof woofwoof! (Then it's playtime?)
- Player: It certainly will be.
Conversation 3 Edit
- Dalmatian: Woofwoof woof woof! (I'm a good dog!)
- Player: Yes, you are!
- Dalmatian: Woof! (Hooray!)
Conversation 4 Edit
- Dalmatian: Woofwoof woof woof! (Pay attention to me!)
- Player: I am, I am! What do you want?
- Dalmatian: Woof woof woofwoof woof woof! (For you to pay attention to me!)
Logs Edit
Speaking to an adult Dalmatian with logs in one's inventory will result in the following conversation:
Conversation Edit
- Dalmatian: [Throw the stick!]
- Player: These sticks are not for throwing, sorry.
- Dalmatian: [Throw the stick! Throw the stick!]
- Player: Okay, look, there it goes.
- Dalmatian: [I lost it.]
- Player: That's okay, I have more.
- Dalmatian: [Yay! Throw the stick!]
- Player: Here we go again.


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Diana Fanning to Join Point Counterpoint for Free Concert at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater, 7/28
The annual free concert by the talented staff of Point Counterpoint, the classical music school on Lake Dunmore, is always an exciting event. Once again internationally known pianist Diana Fanning is a featured performer.
The free concert takes place on Monday, July 28, at 7:30 pm at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater.
Fanning will play Beethoven's Trio Op. 11. Arun Nadgir will be the pianist for Schubert's Trout Quintet.
Known officially as the Constance Holden Memorial Concert, the annual event was created in memory of long-time West Salisbury summer resident, Constance "Tancy" Holden, who died in a bicycling accident in Washington, D.C. Holden, an accomplished artist, loved the Point CounterPoint concerts, and her family underwrites this concert as a way of celebrating her life in Vermont.
This evening of exquisite chamber music is scheduled for Monday, July 28. The concert is free, and goodwill donations are encouraged. The house opens at 7:00 pm for the 7:30 pm concert.


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Los Sueños Resort Marina
The Los Sueños Marina is the only government sanctioned marina operating in Costa Rica. With 200 wet slips, 100 dry slips, fuel dock, and full-time staff the Los Sueños marina is the ultimate full service port for many luxury sportfishing boats and luxury yachts. Its wet slips accommodate vessels from 30 to 180 feet in length, while the dry storage spaces accommodate vessels under 35 feet in length.
Los Sueños World Class 200-slip Marina is strategically located near the most productive fishing grounds on the Pacific coast. Sport Fishing, tours and water sports are provided.
Los Sueños Sportfishing Tournaments
Los Sueños Signature Billfish Series
This two tournament annual series has quickly become one of the hottest events on the tournament circuit.
The Signature Series is open entry.
For more information please visit:
Los Sueños Marlin Invitational
This tournament is exclusive for Los Sueños home owners, their family and friends. The Marlin Invitational is a wonderful opportunity to meet your neighbors and create lasting memories while partaking in some incredible fishing at the start of our marlin season.
The top angler from the Marlin Invitational will take home a beautiful tournament ring, designed by Vanmark Jewelers.
For more information please visit:
Los Sueños Marina facilities include:
- 200 wet slips
- 100 dry storage spaces
- 96 mini self-storage units
- Sportfishing charter office
- Marine supply store
- Marina Village shopping center
- El Galeon fine dining restaurant
- The Hook Up bar & grill
- Lanterna Ristorante Italiano
- The Terrace Lounge
- Bambu Sushi and Asian Cuisine
- Dolce Vita Coffee and Sweets
- Public parking and washroom facilities