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[youtube]c6A95giuVQg[/youtube] Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch get 50 million views a month on YouTube. They met through piracy and now make a living from making videos. They even star in them. Here’s their two part interview. It’s amazing how YouTube is an equalizing force that can bring amateur work to more people than a professional one. The latter straight up balancing as a crane shot? That’s amazing. [youtube]zsDkhMqfXVY[/youtube]
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Polaroids in North Korea? Polaroids make friends. Journalist Carlos Barria of Reuters went to North Korea, brought along his Polaroid and a new world emerged. Amazing photos. (msnbc – Carlos Barria)
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Trade and Industry Minister Yoshio Hachiro resigns because of a radiation joke! This guy might be the one you want to split sake with, but he’s on fire with the jokes and phrases. He wiped a sleeve of his radiation outfit on a reporter and said, “Look out, radiation!” and ticked people off. (NY Times – Yoshio Hachiro)
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Yet another vehicle for an American star to do something with China and score. The stakes get higher. Now it’s the venerable Zhang Yimou with Christian Bale. Will it work? How about a Ryan Gosling and Chen Kaige epic about ping pong? Perhaps a Glee meets China Glee? This story called “Flowers of War” is tragic and surely will be one for the generations. Rape of Nanking, Japanese soldiers, rape, school girls, hookers, and white of yellow love, make for a story that’ll keeps me from being Japanese American in China. Yes, when in Beijing, China, I’m Eric Chang, a 5th generation ABC. I know nothing except Chow Fun noodles are good. If I’m Eric Chang my food will show up without spit in it. (LA Times – China US)
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9/11 is bringing up plenty of stories and more. Yet one sorry that we don’t hear enough about is the man who designed the iconic Twin Towers. He might not want to be remembered for this buildings last legacy, however the Towers were among the most known buildings in world. He beat out numerous architects to get this job and unlike the many big name architects, his works aren’t known by name, but by design. He also designed the Century Towers in Los Angeles. It’s obvious that it has a resemblance to the Twin Towers. The linked article is extensive and does a good job in describing the architect. (pnwlocalnews – Minoru Yamasaki)
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