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nbclatino: Acclaimed director Robert Rodriguez at last night’s Comcast event in Washington D.C. to officially launch El Rey network. El Rey, proposed by Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures, will be an action-packed, entertainment network in English for both Latino and general audiences. Programs will offer a little bit of everything, including reality, scripted and animated series,…
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cartolleria: “Euthanasia Coaster” is a hypothetic euthanasia machine in the form of a roller coaster, engineered to humanely – with elegance and euphoria – take the life of a human being. (via Projects – euthanasia-coaster – Julijonas Urbonas)
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Art and artists are very much misunderstood in our culture… Because we have this ethic of purpose and utility, and art is not useful in a very direct way. And I think that, also, our concept of artists is that they’re lazy somehow and that they don’t want to work hard… In fact, what I…
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http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf andrewpmsmith: (via Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story | Video on TED.com) Some select quotes… “The audience want to work for their meal, they just don’t want to know they’re doing it.” “It’s the absence of information that draws them in.” “Don’t give them 4, give them 2+2” “Drama is anticipation mingled…
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http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf andrewpmsmith: (via Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story | Video on TED.com) Some select quotes… “The audience want to work for their meal, they just don’t want to know they’re doing it.” “It’s the absence of information that draws them in.” “Don’t give them 4, give them 2+2” “Drama is anticipation mingled…
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newshouramgrad: Young black and Hispanic students are far more likely to receive tough school punishments, including suspensions, than white students. Here, the NewsHour breaks down the complexities behind a new set of data released by the Department of Education.
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theatlantic: Why the Best Ad on the Internet Represents Real Innovation Here’s the business pitch: Buy our razor because it’s really cheap. If you spend hundreds of dollars a year on brand-name razors, you’re not paying for the razor. You’re paying for what the razor represents. And here’s the thing: The dude is right! Making…
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Isn’t It Time Artists Lost Their 18th-Century Sense Of Entitlement? | Techdirt
Isn’t It Time Artists Lost Their 18th-Century Sense Of Entitlement? | Techdirt One of the common assumptions in the copyright debate is that artists are special, and that they have a right to make money from their works repeatedly, in ways not granted to “ordinary” workers like plumbers or train drivers, thanks to copyright’s reach…
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dropouthangoutspaceout: I should re-read The Grapes of Wrath.
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bashford: The Beam Brush is the world’s first smart toothbrush, a manual brush that monitors your oral hygiene habits and reports them to a smartphone app. (via gringomoses)