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SKETCH COMEDY sHOOOOOOw!!!!

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:09:17 GMT

SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER for The Sketch Comedy Show!

SAM GEUNJIN KANG - www.myspace.com/geunjin
performed at KASCON 21 and at KOLLABORATION 8 to a crowd packed with screaming girls!!!

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After a SOLD-OUT show in Season 1 that received a STANDING OVATION…

SATURDAY, JUNE 28th ONLY!!!!
A SPECIAL PREVIEW SHOW!!
(and AHHHNULD SCHWARZNEGGER will be there!!!)

ONLY FIRST 100 PEOPLE CAN ATTEND!

SEASON 2 of
THE SKETCH COMEDY SHOW!

TIME: 6:30 pm
LOCATION: KIWA Cultural Center
3465 W. 8th St.
Koreatown, Los Angeles, 90005
(cross street is Hobart)

TICKET PRICE: $10 at the door

SPECIAL GUEST DJ: DENKYM
www.myspace.com/denkym

SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER: SAM GEUNJIN KANG
www.myspace.com/geunjin

For more information, check out:

www.projektnewspeak.com
www.sketchcomedyshow.com

questions, email: info@projektnewspeak.com

FUTURE SHOWS:

Episode 2: Sunday, August 3rd at the historic East West Players
Episode 3: December, TBA

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for funny videos, watch: www.newspeaktv.com

True or Conspiracy Nuts?

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:00:15 GMT

I find this disturbing. Yet, I'm skeptical.

What do you think?

Edison Pre-Empted

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:17:53 GMT

Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison

Published: March 27, 2008

For more than a century, since he captured the spoken words “Mary had a little lamb” on a sheet of tinfoil, Thomas Edison has been considered the father of recorded sound. But researchers say they have unearthed a recording of the human voice, made by a little-known Frenchman, that predates Edison’s invention of the phonograph by nearly two decades...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/arts/27soun.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1206633661-hex2Hco0wkCANssPg8Bn0Q&pagewanted=all

Auditions – 4th Annual Newspeak Poetry SLAM!

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:28:59 GMT

Please pass this on to anyone you know who might be interested. We want to elevate artists, so whether they perform regularly or if it's just someone you know who might want to give it a shot for the first time... Pass it on! THANKS!

Got something to say?

We want to hear it.

All poets, performers, preachers

All people

Bring it to the 4^th Annual Newspeak Poetry SLAM auditions on March 15, 2008.

Past performers include:
Shihan (Def Jam Poetry)
Dante Basco (Def Jam Poetry)
Poetri (Def Jam Poetry)
Danie Jung (Performer at Da’ Poetry Lounge in Hollywood)
D’Lo ( New York Public Theatre)
Junichi Semitsu (Director of Poetry 4 the People)
Leonard Shek (Proletariat Bronze, Bay Area spoken word group)
Adriel Luis (2004 San Francisco Slam Poetry Champion)
Jimmy Tran ( Def Poetry Jam)
Auditions – 4th Annual Newspeak Poetry SLAM!

Location: Los Angeles, CA

For more details contact Geena at [G e e n a @ projektnewspeak . com]

One smart avocado dog

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:50:31 GMT

my dog is too smart. Either i'm anthropomorphizing, or he is capable of a higher level of thought than I thought dogs had.

I live in an avocado grove. We found Shashi's mess all over the the couch, little confetti pieces of dried avocado skin everywhere, smears all over the cushion. But there was no pit.

Later on we found the pit outside.

When we thought about it, we've seen evidence of him eating avocados before, but never have we seen a pit. That means he brings them inside to eat, then when he's finished, he takes them outside and drops them off.

Really? Aww... shashi.

here's a picture of him in some christmas duds.

Forget the Tide, Pass me the Nanotech

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:50:09 GMT

From discovery news:

Dirty Laundry, Clean Thyself!

Eric Bland, Discovery News

March 4, 2008 -- Soap is so 20th century.

Scientists in Indiana, Wisconsin and Australia have developed nanotechnology-based coatings that clean themselves and could be used in everything from silk shirts to windshields. Besides the added convenience, the new materials could reduce the use of environmentally destructive cleaners while killing potentially deadly bacteria.

The three teams of scientists took different approaches to self-cleaning materials.

Clothes "with self-cleaning properties will become a standard feature of future textiles," said Walid Daoud, a scientist at the University of Monash in Australia, who coated silk and wool with anatase titanium dioxide, a common pigment already used in products.

The scientist then stained both nanotech treated fabrics and non-treated fabrics with red wine and exposed them to simulated sunlight.

After 20 hours, the stains on the nanotech-treated fabrics were almost completely gone, while the stains on conventional fabrics looked virtually the same. Sunlight reacts with the coating to break apart organic molecules like dyes, turning them into carbon dioxide and water at room temperature, noted study co-author Wing Sze.

While the researchers themselves don't wear nanotech treated fabrics, "we are currently collaborating with a famous textile company for doing mill-trials," said Sze. "We believe it won't be long before the product appears on the market."

The non-toxic fabrics retain the feel and look of wool and silk.

The team from the University of Wisconsin made another self-cleaning material, but one that would go on the outside of houses, car windshields, and other objects.

"You could use it on all kids of things: windshields, windows, airplane wings," said Tom Krupenkin, a professor at the University of Wisconsin and author of a study that describes the product. "There are lots of applications for this."

Their material is made of nanonails, so called because they look like a sheet of roofing nails driven partially in.

The nanonails stay dry and clean because the water molecules, held together by surface tension, can't slip between them. Not only does the material keep water out, but it also repels oils, solvents and other hydrocarbons. Either the next rainstorm or a quick flick of cloth would wipe the dirt away.

Eventually, the material, which can be made into a shrink wrap-like film, will get dirty. When that happens you can either wipe it clean with water or just replace it, said Krupenkin. All of the researchers noted that self-cleaning fabrics will be environmentally friendly, decreasing the use of heavy-duty detergents and solvents.

It will be a while before you see nanonail-coated windows, though.

"These applications are very demanding," said Krupenkin. "You want to make sure that the nanonails will be there for years to come."

Jeffrey Youngblood, a materials scientist at Purdue University, who is currently working on anti-fog coatings and a device that could be used to easily and safety clean up oil tanker spills, thinks self-cleaning materials will soon be ubiquitous.

"We are seeing the first self-cleaning technologies now," said Youngblood. "The next ten years will bring a huge array."

underground restaurants

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:51:48 GMT

I'm so intrigued by the underground restaurant phenomenon.

butt cut

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:28:43 GMT

Butt cuts make everyone who has 'em look like they were picked on in jr. high.

It's a fact. Just the facts.

White Stag on Scottish Highlands

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:05:54 GMT

From Reuters:

Ghost-like white stag spotted in Scotland

Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:06pm GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - A mythical and ghostly creature has appeared in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands -- and has been caught on camera.

The rare white stag, from the red deer species, is believed to be among just a tiny handful living in Britain, according to a conservation group.

The John Muir Trust is now keeping the stag's location secret for fear of poachers.

"To see him amongst the other stags was truly thrilling because he does look like a ghost: you do a double-take," Trust Partnership Manager Fran Lockhart, who filmed the stag, told Reuters.

White stags are seen as a magical and powerful force in many mythologies.

The animal's ghostly glow comes from a recessive gene which causes leucism, a condition which reduces the normal brown colouring in hair and skin. They are not albinos, which have red eyes due to lack of pigment.

In Celtic traditions, white stags represent messengers from the afterlife. Arthurian legend has it that the creature can never be caught -- King Arthur's pursuit of the animal represents mankind's spiritual quest.

It is also said that for those who set eyes on the animal, a momentous moment is near.

"They say their appearance is meant to herald some profound change in life for those who encounter them -- but I am still waiting," said Lockhart.

Her dog, though, stood transfixed for 45 minutes watching the white stag, instead of his usual scampering around.

Lockhart believes the Scottish Highlands' white stag is between 6 and 7 years old. She said he is maturing well, with a good set of antlers.

The last official recording of a white red stag in Britain, not to be confused with the more common white fallow deer, was last October when the body of one was found decapitated on the moors between Devon and Cornwall.

(Reporting by Georgina Cooper)

my new favorite news story of the moment

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:08:19 GMT

et voila, courtesy of www.iminlikewithyou.com. You should check it out. and play blockers. it's fun.

Criminals beware: A pair of St. Louis purse snatchers had their asses handed to them this weekend when the women they were attempting to rob fought back with fists and snow shovels.

The two women were loading groceries into their car outside a town supermarket when two men pulled up alongside them and tried to steal the purses out of their cart. One of the girls grabbed a snow shovel from the thieves' own car and started thwacking away, while the other woman attacked the driver of the vehicle, stealing his keys so they couldn't make a run for it. The men escaped on foot to a hotel, where police soon found them hiding and in need of medical attention, i.e., several staples to the head.

The men are now in custody, the women are now at home with their groceries, and purse-holders everywhere are in debt to the ladies who went batshit - and who made walking down city streets (or grocery store parking lots) a little safer for us all.