About 1960s Toys: Games Of Yesteryear
No matter how sophisticated the children of today are, they all have on thing in common, each one has his or her favourite toy.
Nowadays, children have Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis. However, each generation is synonymous with different toys.
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Shattered Glass Film Review: What Happens When Narcissistic Fiction Masquerades As Journalism
Director: Billy Ray.
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Peter Skarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Steve Zahn and Chloë Sevigny.
Nearly all human activity revolves around simplifying the complex. Not only is it part of our social fabric but it is also intrinsically linked with how we think as individuals. Everyday we take in a huge amount of information. We are bombarded by sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and sensations. We have hundreds of thoughts every waking minute.
In order to avoid being completely overwhelmed, we whittle away the unnecessary distractions and concentrate on things that are important to us. We have to reduce the highly complex into something more simple, something that we can grasp.
Shattered Glass is a film that deals with a profession that revolves around simplification, journalism. It is a film which highlights the gaps and problems that this reducing process creates. And ultimately, it is a film about trust and what occurs when trust is broken. Sometimes in the quest to accept our own judgment, to avoid having to live in a world that makes us uncomfortable, we deny the obvious.
About The Crocodile: Adapted Physically And Mentally Beyond Compare
Picture this scene, it is a beautifully tranquil night, an effervescent shimmer is being reflected off glass-still, moon-lit water and all is serenely quiet around the riverbank. Something in the distance disturbs the water, ripples distort and fragment the pristine surface. Suddenly, two piercing white eyes break through the waterline and a cavernous blackness imposes itself on the surrounding area. On either side of the darkness rests two neat rows of jagged flesh-puncturing teeth. A crocodile.
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About Lunar Voyages: Man’s Exploration, Strange Phenomena And The Moon’s Rewards
It has been over 40 years since Neil Armstrong’s famous 11 word utterance. Those seemingly innocuous words: ‘That’s One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind’ have now become a fundamental cornerstone in human evolution.
For centuries, mankind has glanced upwards at the sky and contemplated what it would be like to walk on the Moon. It was the during the later part of the 20th century, in fact mainly due to the Cold War, that we finally found answers to that millenia-old question.
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Saint Patrick: The Adopted Irish Man
Saint Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland and is credited with bringing Christianity to the pagans of the Emerald Isle. Even more remarkably, he is also said to be responsible for ridding the country of snakes.
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Quotes On Perseverance
‘It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.’
Lee lacocca
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The Greatest Music Videos: Ten Of The Best
Ever since MTV was created, the music industry has placed an emphasis on having cutting-edge music videos.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t always follow that a spectacular song will have an amazing video or vice versa. But when a brilliant song accompanies an exceptional video something memorable happens. An instant relationship is forged between the entertainer and the viewer. A great music video can live long in the memory transforming an ordinary song into something truly wonderful.
Here is Yellow Magpie’s choice of best music videos.
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Quotes On Aspiration
‘Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted and their advocates, and bear the consequences.’
Theodore H. White
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This Is It Film Review: Michael Jackson’s Last Stand
Director: Kenny Ortega.
Cast: Michael Jackson, Michael Bearden
This Is It gives a fascinating insight into a man who has in recent times been at the centre of media attention for all the wrong reasons.
The film gives a tantalising glimpse into the on-stage persona of the late, Michael Jackson. The result is Jackson as he has rarely been seen. Strong, remarkably fit and in control, Jackson comes across as a man totally at home on the stage. Michael Jackson is shown as a serious talent who had exacting standards, knew what he wanted and what he had to do to get there.
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About Shoes: The Ultimate Accessory
Shoes, shoes, wonderful shoes. Yes women have a love affair with shoes, well most women anyway. Why this should be is a mystery, but that is just the way it is and the sooner we accept it the better.
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About Trees: A Vital Resource To Be Treasured
Majestic, dignified and crucial to the planet in which we live, trees are the lungs of the Earth. Acting as giant filters absorbing pollutants from the air, they give us back clean, fresh oxygen to breathe.
Trees are one of the most underestimated and undervalued of natural resources in the world.
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Pistol Pete Maravich: The Ultimate Showman And Basketball’s First Star
Basketball is a game that, when played well, requires enormous skill. Great players appear to make everything look simple and easy. Intricate dribbling, great shooting and two-handed reverse dunks are explained by tremendous talent and great genetics.
However, the truth is that all good players put in a tremendous amount of time developing these aspects of their game. This was especially true of ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich, basketball’s first superstar, and the ultimate showman. When he graced the basketball court the ball seemed to become an extension of his hands. In a time where complicated moves were actively discouraged, Pete Maravich broke the mould. Reverse, behind-the-back passes were his forte and seemingly every shot took upon an air of dramatic disbelief.
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