Author Archives: Ralph

Give Umbrellas to Hundreds of People with Good Timing and Here’s What Happens.

OK Go, the alt rock band hailing from Chicago who became famous for their visually stunning videos, has wowed the world again. Just like the treadmill-dancing “Here It Goes Again” music video and their optical illusion-laden “The Writing’s on the Wall,” their new release is a showstopper. The video for “I Won’t Let You Down”…

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Breaking: President Obama takes mini-vacation to Stonehenge [photos]

http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/507949447217963008 Maybe a visit to Hogwarts is next? http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/507945580321329152 http://twitter.com/#!/BrianWilsonDC/status/507950790892601344 And the obligatory golf joke: http://twitter.com/#!/jackmcoldcuts/status/507949966313398272 Editor’s note: The headline of this post has been changed to correct a typo.   Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/09/05/breaking-president-obama-takes-mini-vacation-to-stonehenge-photos/

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St. Antony’s Fellow on Consulate deaths: ‘Tell me again why I should care?’

http://twitter.com/#!/snarwani/status/245949391628812288 Sharmine Narwani is a Senior Associate Fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. She also writes for the Huffington Post, which currently displays the above tweet on its site: In case there was any doubt, Ms. Narwani really doesn’t like the US: @dlknowles Oh do stop yr whining just b/c I'm not crying over a white…

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Incredible Change-bots

Far away in space, there is a planet full of robots able to change from robot form to vehicle form – the Incredible Change-Bots! Leaving their war torn planet, the Change-Bots arrive on Earth, where their battle continues – but at what cost?! Part parody, part nostalgic tribute, part moral fable, Jeffrey Brown re-invents the…

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Master Class

THE STORY: Maria Callas is teaching a master class in front of an audience (us). She’s glamorous, commanding, larger than life–and drop-dead funny. An accompanist sits at the piano. Callas’ first victim is Sophie, a ridiculous, overly-perky sopra GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer(“iXGG5zmWKPcC”, 500,400);

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Plugged in

An illuminating study of the complex relationship between children and media in the digital age Now, as never before, young people are surrounded by media–thanks to the sophistication and portability of the technology that puts it literally in the palms of their hands. Drawing on data and empirical research that cross many fields and continents,…

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