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There is an invisible dragon affecting all English readers, causing harm, yet nothing has been done about it. It can’t be seen or heard, yet we are all afflicted. This affliction is ignored, and we carry on as though nothing is wrong. It’s been going on since the buggy whip days. Why change it now? Because now we finally have a way not only to prove it exists, but also we have a way to slay the invisible dragon.
If the dragon can’t be seen or heard, how do we know it exists? There is a test. I will give it to you now. If you fail the test you have been afflicted. I will ask you to answer a question. It’s so simple every native English reader should get it right, yet few will, and even those who do still suffer. Here is the question: Please write the phonetic symbol for each letter “o” in these six words: go, on, to, off, of, pilot as spoken in standard US accent. As can be heard on thefreedictonary.com, there are six different sounds for these o’s.
Did you pass the test? Probably not. I didn’t. But you may say “Who cares?” and that’s why the dragon is invisible. It’s invisible if you’re not aware or don’t care. We have not been aware. We’ve walked past the invisible dragon though it hurt us as we passed. It hurts us because kids and other English learners are not being helping by phonetics as they should be when learning to read. Phonetic notation is instead cryptic, made up of special symbols that are not as keyboard or English friendly as they should be. But things are changing.
If the dragon can’t be seen or heard, how do we know it exists? There is a test. I will give it to you now. If you fail the test you have been afflicted. I will ask you to answer a question. It’s so simple every native English reader should get it right, yet few will, and even those who do still suffer. Here is the question: Please write the phonetic symbol for each letter “o” in these six words: go, on, to, off, of, pilot as spoken in standard US accent. As can be heard on thefreedictonary.com, there are six different sounds for these o’s.
Did you pass the test? Probably not. I didn’t. But you may say “Who cares?” and that’s why the dragon is invisible. It’s invisible if you’re not aware or don’t care. We have not been aware. We’ve walked past the invisible dragon though it hurt us as we passed. It hurts us because kids and other English learners are not being helping by phonetics as they should be when learning to read. Phonetic notation is instead cryptic, made up of special symbols that are not as keyboard or English friendly as they should be. But things are changing.
An organization in the United States called The National Organization for Marriage has launched a $1.5 million dollar advertisement campaign to fight back against the "gathering storm" aka. Same sex marriage.
Actors in the ad, who are posing as Massachusetts parents, California doctors, and members of a New Jersey church group, have lines like, “the clouds are dark, the winds are strong, my freedom will be taken away and I’m afraid.”
It was released as the only loud protest anywhere in America to the news that same-sex marriage had been legalized in Iowa and Vermont.
Will it advance any message?
Is homophobic activism depopulated or isolated?
Please post your comments below...
Actors in the ad, who are posing as Massachusetts parents, California doctors, and members of a New Jersey church group, have lines like, “the clouds are dark, the winds are strong, my freedom will be taken away and I’m afraid.”
It was released as the only loud protest anywhere in America to the news that same-sex marriage had been legalized in Iowa and Vermont.
Will it advance any message?
Is homophobic activism depopulated or isolated?
Please post your comments below...
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He is one of the thousands of unemployed workers, Ecuadorian emigrant Mauricio Coyago can not longer pay his mortgage, therefore it occurred to him to organize a raffle.
His idea is making him famous. Ecuadorian Mauricio Coyago 41 is now a familiar face through many Spanish media sources. He is an immigrant that represents the hundreds of stories result of the crisis in Spain’s economic trouble.
He worked until last July in construction, but the backlash of the strike also hit him and left him without his monthly income which reached 1,300 Euros, - His wife, also an Ecuadorian from Quito is currently unemployed and caring for their three children, ages 9, 6 and 5, the middle child, their daughter, has a disability.
Mortgage debt of their apartment which they bought four years ago for an undisclosed amount, has prevented them from paying their dues, and money he charges for the strike is not enough. "It is less than 1,000 Euros. Some people ask me how five people can live with that? – Well, with the thigh economy, by buying only what the body needs,” Coyago said.
But he ads, he is not the kind of person that "gets defeated easily" I always tell my kids: “you have to be like eagles, -learn to fly high and don’t let anybody take your dreams away from you."
Now, when the crisis tightens, he applies to himself the same principle: to dream.
To save his place he has devised a lottery, calling people's attention with this message: "I sell my apartment for one Euro."
He worked until last July in construction, but the backlash of the strike also hit him and left him without his monthly income which reached 1,300 Euros, - His wife, also an Ecuadorian from Quito is currently unemployed and caring for their three children, ages 9, 6 and 5, the middle child, their daughter, has a disability.
Mortgage debt of their apartment which they bought four years ago for an undisclosed amount, has prevented them from paying their dues, and money he charges for the strike is not enough. "It is less than 1,000 Euros. Some people ask me how five people can live with that? – Well, with the thigh economy, by buying only what the body needs,” Coyago said.
But he ads, he is not the kind of person that "gets defeated easily" I always tell my kids: “you have to be like eagles, -learn to fly high and don’t let anybody take your dreams away from you."
Now, when the crisis tightens, he applies to himself the same principle: to dream.
To save his place he has devised a lottery, calling people's attention with this message: "I sell my apartment for one Euro."
Nothing left to do but… “Smile, smile, smile.”
This commercial was shot at the Liverpool Street Subway Station in London (15 jan '09). Only the dancers knew what was happening; the general public didn't have a clue what was about to unfold.
Over 6 million? hits so far.
November 1, 2010
There's a lot of advertising, but the winner should be this promo at the Doctor's office.
