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RJ

Posted on: Chinese Hospitality and Finding Vegetarian Food
December 27, 2008 at 12:04 AM

Yea good luck Amber. We will miss you. If you are ever in Cleveland....

RJ

Posted on: Chinese Hospitality and Finding Vegetarian Food
December 26, 2008 at 11:45 PM

growing pains.

"Bureaucracy is the death of any acheivement." ~Albert Einstein

Posted on: The Person Component
December 26, 2008 at 8:48 PM

Frank - your show was good, and the one they went with, well, sometimes there is justice in the world.

 

Posted on: Chinese Hospitality and Finding Vegetarian Food
December 26, 2008 at 8:42 PM

I am hoping Amber hasnt decided to leave but if she has, I hope Ken chooses truth over spin.

Posted on: Christmas Surprise
December 25, 2008 at 9:17 PM

well Happy birthday to you to then Frank. Are you 21 yet? :-)

Posted on: Christmas Surprise
December 25, 2008 at 4:59 PM

Happy birthday soirsce!  Dont feel bad. My sister-in-law was born on Xmas (and apparently so was Isaac Newton). Talk about nobody noticing a birthday.  

Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hangzhou
December 25, 2008 at 12:28 PM

qingdaossadventuresdotcom,

nothing will be erased and the fastest way to get an answer should be to write directly to the praxis email address provided on the subscription page.

I recommend re-enlisting anyway. New lessons also reinforce old vocab and sentence structure as you see them again and again in new settings. In addition you gain new words and uses. Reviewing is fine but it gets stale. I prefer to move on to something fresh. Stay with us.

Posted on: The Person Component
December 22, 2008 at 1:57 AM

bababardwan,

It will grow, Im sure.

Posted on: The Person Component
December 22, 2008 at 1:45 AM

Im sure the video stuff is a huge resource drain. Its not like they have a separate staff that does video full time. These guys did it while they continued everything else we are used to. I for one was impressed but concerned that it would prove to be too much long term. I guess we should keep this in mind when making suggestions.

Posted on: The Person Component
December 21, 2008 at 3:25 PM

Mike,

subtle or puerile it didnt travel well anywhere. Please dont blame this on American humor. It did however remind me of a television sitcom we had here called "the 70's show" in which the completion of each act was punctuated with short slow motion videos of characters dancing or jumping into the air. There is where the similarities end.

The educational intent here was fine and it was not Marco's fault. I have seen and heard enough of him and his work to know better. It just didnt work out. One character a week is too slow and less importantly, the humor here too clunky. Its not even "camp" (so bad its good). It just doesnt work. I believe they should just try a different approach to present the same material. These guys  have done plenty of very impressive work in the past and Im sure they will again. I for one am looking forward to it.