Archive for October, 2008


United Streaming – Discovery learning and education

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Just what isUnited Streaming? – United Streaming is a great web site for teachers and students, and is a part of the Discovery Education program on video learning.

Discovery Learning has more than 7,700 movie titles in its complete classroom collection, which include 500+ from PBS video pack, another 2000+ titles from Clearview and 1200+ from AIMS.

The site offers complete thematic units which has downloadable and printable activities, questions and extensions.

More than half US school students have joined the United Streaming video education program.

UnitedStreaming.com also has a student study section which students can access anywhere with a code you set up for them such as their student ID. Teachers or home school moms can assign work and projects based upon the video or lesson using this section.

Rome has the International Museum of Film and Entertainment

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Did you know that there is a museum dedicated to film and entertainment?

Yes, it is located in Rome.

So the next time you visit Rome, Italy, check out the International Museum of Film and Entertainment

It has a curious assortment of international filmmaking, such as cameras, projectors, posters, films etc. An amazing collection of Italian silent films is also available here.

Rome’s National Museum of Pasta Foods – visit this

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Rome’s National Museum of Pasta Foods bills itself as “the only one of its kind in the world.”

The museum is located near the Trevi Fountain and the museum contains 11 exhibition rooms tracing the history of Italian pasta making methods and machinery. Each room has its own theme, such as the Wheat Room, the Ligurian Room, the Industrial Archaeology Gallery and the Rubino-Scaglione Room.

The museum traces eight centuries of pasta making.

When you visit the museum, be sure to check out the Valeriani Room, which features many photographs of famous celebrities “enjoying delicious plates of pasta . . . witnesses to the link between pasta and cinematographic culture.”

The museum wants to be a focal point for pasta awareness in the world. It even organizes seminars promoting pasta in undernourished countries as an alternative food.

Mambo Cologne by Liz Claiborne is smoking hot!

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

The holiday season is fast approaching, and what better gift to consider than a gift of mambo cologne. This Cologne Spray comes in a 3.4 Ounces bottle. Mambo Cologne for men is an smoking hot scent for anytime, anwwhere and any occasion.

You have to consider this cologne for the 2008 holidays – this is an ideal choice, with prices as low as $25.

Mambo for Men was created by Liz Claiborne in 2001. Mambo Cologne by Liz Claiborne is a zesty blend of the following ingredients:  bergamot, lime, sandalwood, sage, thyme, cumin, cedarwood, cinnamon leaf,  patchouli, musks, and fir balsam.

Mambo Cologne for men

Mambo Cologne for men

Paget Brewster appears on Conan O’Brien

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Paget Brewster, who plays Emily Prentiss on Criminal Minds, appeared on the “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” show late on October 29th along with actor Tracy Morgan and the Last Shadow Puppets.