A supercut of suspense-laden celluloid cat psy-ops.
What you may need to know:
1. Less a trailer, more a preview of 3e’s new animated series for grown-ups.
2. Newsbag was created by Gerard Barrett, writer/director of no-budget arthouse darling Pilgrim Hill (2013).
3. Barrett’s day job is working for genius Irish animation house Brown Bag
4. TV3 have also got a Bottler cartoon with Brendan Grace on their schedules.
5. Fact: animated sitcoms are big business these days. Our favorite: Bob’s Burgers.
Broadcast Date: 3e, Saturday 12th Oct at 10pm
Chromatic – a super slow-motion short filmed last year in LA featuring pro/am skateboarders Jordan Hoffart, Aldrin Garcia, and Josh Hawkins on the streets with decks covered in coloured chalk.
Slip hazards galore.
Music: Once Before by J.D. Beatz
Raw Data
atIn that disturbing new report from Rape Crisis Network Ireland, 97% of the perpetrators of sexual violence against children are male.
— Una Mullally (@UnaMullally) October 9, 2013
Finally.
Mark Sugrue writes:
This is a really great idea for parents who want a quiet cuppa. It’s ‘Dublin’s first Rotating Venue Play Cafe’. Basically, Coffee for the parents/toys for the kids.Visit & catch your breath.
Facebook paid no corporation tax in Britain last year, according to its latest accounts, despite taking an estimated £223m share of the digital advertising market.
The social network’s tax bill fell from £238,000 in 2011 to zero, while its reported UK income rose by 70%.
….In common with fellow American technology leaders Google and Apple, Facebook funnels the vast majority of its income from advertisers targeting its 33 million British users through Ireland.
France is pushing for Europe to adopt a new corporation tax regime which would see multinationals such as Google and Facebook regulated and taxed in the countries where customers use their websites.
Fleur Pellerin, the French digital economy minister, is expected to push for the reforms at a summit of European leaders scheduled for the end of October.
They’re on to us, aren’t they?
Facebook’s UK corporation tax bill: £0 (The Guardian)
Poster: IDA
Hmm. Intriguing.
Steven Lydon of Change.org is currently petitioning Education Minister Ruari Quinn s to expand the curriculum by introducing philosophy as a full subject.
The President supports it.
600 people have already signed up.
Steven sez:
In February 2012, the Royal Irish Academy for Philosophy and Ethics submitted a curriculum for a Leaving Certificate philosophy course to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Despite these encouraging initial steps, the Department of Education halted this process last year.
As Budget 2014 approaches, it should once again be emphasised that Irish citizens require a philosophical education to engage enthusiastically, critically, and independently with society. Because these educational goals are rights rather than commodities, they should not depend upon budgetary restrictions.
Vote here.
(Thanks Steve)
In 1980, four Tyrone brothers, Sean, Brian, Frank and Mick Quinn, became the first four brothers in the world to run a marathon together when they took part in the New York Marathon, top.
It was a story which gained the attention of the New York Times, ABC, CBS and NBC at the time.
Now, 33 years later, the four brothers, above, are preparing to redo the feat but this time they’ll be running the Dublin Marathon on Monday, October 28.
All in aid of MS Ireland.
Mick writes:
“Ireland Inc. is in a ditch. It’s important to help each other along the journey. No matter what walk of life we come from, if we don’t work together, we won’t get very far.”
“33 years later we’re doing it again. While we’re a bit more rotund now, let’s say, and we may not do it in the same time as before, our intention is the same – to raise funds for a very worthy cause like MS Ireland.”
You can sponsor the brothers here
Quinn Brothers Run Dublin City Marathon For MS Ireland (MS Society)
Tired of online advertisements?
Graphic designer Kim Taylor has the remedy.
One weird old trick. Nightmares for ever.