Posted by Izzy Neis on April 17, 2007
Keep your kids safe online
The Web can help kids learn, communicate, and socialize, but it also exposes them to risks. Helping a child develop sound instincts for exploring the Internet safely is a challenge–find out what you can do. No safety locks for the wired generation…
Living with Technology: Keep your kids safe online - CNET.com
Just an FYI for anyone interested 
Inside this online safety guide:
Worth checking out it all :) Enjoy!
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Posted by Izzy Neis on April 17, 2007
As the company’s flagship property, Edgar & Ellen championed the Star Farm model of creating stories in multiple media and releasing these stories into the marketplace simultaneously. “Edgar & Ellen first appeared in a six-book series (now with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) and an online community (www.edgarandellen.com/), and then moved into animated television, via shorts and specials on Nicktoons Network and YTV in Canada,” explains Lindsay. But the twins have even more up their sleeves, as the book series—which currently boasts 14 publishers covering 12 languages and 67 countries—expands, and Star Farm gears up for the release of the Edgar & Ellen TV series (co-produced with Bardel Entertainment) in August on Nicktoons Network. So far, deals are in place to roll out the series in 15 countries including Nickelodeon International and ABC Kids Australia. Plans also are underway to add graphic novels and a live-action feature film. As a next step, a major retail program will take place later this year.
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“Getting kids’ feedback is essential to the story development process at Star Farm. Stories are presented to kids and kid experts such as parents, teachers, and librarians,” explains Lindsay. “In the case of Edgar & Ellen, the book series is kid-influenced. Kids read manuscripts as they were being written, tweaked, and reworked long before the books hit shelves. Major Web activities and applications also were shown to kids as they were being developed.” Additionally, she says, “the
upcoming TV series not only was researched, it is 10 percent kid-inspired. Kids sent in their personal ideas for the 2-minute shorts, which we then animated and made part of the half-hour show. In addition, Edgar & Ellen TV shows, in varying stages of development—from script to animatic to final animation—were, and continue to be, reviewed regularly by kids and schools.”
Money in Mischief - Star Farm Productions deals out a double dose of mischief, courtesy of its flagship property, Edgar & Ellen, which is gearing up for multiple deals following extensive broadcast, publishing, and online exposure. - License
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Posted by Izzy Neis on April 17, 2007
QUENTIN TARANTINO has been turned into a doll to accompany his appearance as RAPIST NUMBER ONE in ROBERT RODRIGUEZ’s new GRINDHOUSE movie PLANET TERROR. The lifelike miniature is available at Toys R Us stores in America.
QUENTIN TARANTINO - FASCINATING FACT 3086
If this is true… and this “action figure” is actually in a toy store meant for children– that’s really DISGUSTING. And very, very disappointing. 
I remember when they made the Austin Powers action figures change “Fat Bastard’s” name to “Fat Man.” Some how I find that to be a little more innocent than Quentin Tarantino’s character “Rapist Number One” (who is both horrible in name & character).
But come on… at Toys R Us? If you’re going to have that action figure/doll made– it should be at “Forbidden Planet” (comic book-toy store targeted at “big” kids) or “Spencers” (if that’s even still around). Toys R Us is targeted at the wee ones. Come on, people… I understand pop culture and it’s edginess (always needing to push the envelope/cross the line). But do we really have to make this seem acceptable to youth? By placing a toy such as this on a shelf in a store geared to children it leaves a certain amount of acceptability for youth who yearn for anything/everything adult-cool.
I’m not saying “ban the toy”… that’s a personal opinion. But put it in a store for kids? Come on people… common sense. Stop desensitizing youth. Please.
I’ve not seen it in a store yet… thankfully.
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