Help Needed!

[GardenStateGirlie]

to the tech savvy people out there...i'm trying to save this (http://www.ifilm.com/video/2771089) clip to my desktop in order to then insert the clip into a powerpoint presentation. for some reason, linking from the powerpoint to the video on the computer in the classroom does not seem to work so unless it's in the presentation, i won't be able to play it.

if you're able to save it as a file and send it to me, please message me. the fabulous greg has been assisting me but cannot seem to get it to work so if anyone else can, i'd really appreciate it. thanks!!! :wavey:

[Sarah]

I'm trying a couple things out, but I don't think the situation is looking good, love. From what I can tell from looking at the code briefly, this is totally embedded in the site's custom player, which is flash. Sometimes even identifying the source of the file that's being played in a flash application such as this is a major obstacle.. I think that's your case here. It looks kind of like youtube to me.

[GardenStateGirlie]

I'm trying a couple things out, but I don't think the situation is looking good, love. From what I can tell from looking at the code briefly, this is totally embedded in the site's custom player, which is flash. Sometimes even identifying the source of the file that's being played in a flash application such as this is a major obstacle.. I think that's your case here. It looks kind of like youtube to me.

greg (who is unable to respond at present -- see the cluster**** better known as "what are you thinking now..." for more information) was able to get it for me a few moments ago :thumbsup:

the presentation is looking kind of snazzy. yes, snazzy. thank you for trying :nod:

[Sarah]

ah, good good.

[Beachwood Mac]

I saw this show when it aired. I used to live in Beirut so I found it interesting. What kind of presentation are you using it for?

[ryan8472]

greg (who is unable to respond at present -- see the cluster**** better known as "what are you thinking now..." for more information) was able to get it for me a few moments ago :thumbsup:

the presentation is looking kind of snazzy. yes, snazzy. thank you for trying :nod:

Riss, if all else fails could you just link to it and show it from that website? I mean, if it's something you really want to include, I'd think that would be ok, right?

[GardenStateGirlie]

I saw this show when it aired. I used to live in Beirut so I found it interesting. What kind of presentation are you using it for?

it was a bruitally honest account of the situation from someone who was there. definitely refreshing and incredibly interesting.

this is probably really boring for most people...

i'm looking at framing of international news coverage of the israel/hezbollah conflict of july 2006. there were two main frames that emerged in all of the coverage from various newspapers. "proportionate” frames in reference to the situation convey a message indicating that israel’s response was fair and appropriate in regard to Hezbollah’s initial attack, where as “disproportionate” frames suggest that israel used too much or inappropriate force in its retaliation.

i'm using the bourdain clip to connect sort of a cultural frame to the presentation (joe's obvious disgust with hezbollah and as tony says, his worry of how american's will view the situation, etc.) annnd also so people won't fall asleep in my fifteen minutes of presenting :laugh:

[Sarah]

Oh, and leave it to Greg to get banned. That's rich. Don't these people know he'll just go off and make his own damn forum and steal people off here like the "pied piper"?

Who was it that said that anyway? I simply cannot remember. :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Riss, if all else fails could you just link to it and show it from that website? I mean, if it's something you really want to include, I'd think that would be ok, right?

for some reason, the groups who went today were having an issue with the computer in our class -- links to videos weren't working. so, i'm going to try it this way and see what happens. hopefully if it's actually embedded in the powerpoint, it will work. we shall see!

[GardenStateGirlie]

Oh, and leave it to Greg to get banned. That's rich. Don't these people know he'll just go off and make his own damn forum and steal people off here like the "pied piper"?

Who was it that said that anyway? I simply cannot remember. :laugh:

apparently he's only banned until thursday -- for horsing around -- :laugh:

and i can't recall who said that either...hmmm....

[Sarah]

omg, i just saw that picture. i totally didn't realize it was the one in question. hm. i think the ledge is turning into "democratic" america.

Go back to bed, America! Your government is in control again.
Here, here’s American Gladiators.
Watch this, shut up.
Go back to bed America.
Here’s American Gladiators.
Here’s 56 channels of it!!
Watch these pituitary retards bang their ****ing sculls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom!
Here you are America!
You are free to do as we tell you!


...we want your soul. ahh.. that is still a good track!

[GardenStateGirlie]

i think the ledge is turning into "democratic" america.


turning into? where have you been for the last ten years?? :laugh:

[Sarah]

turning into? where have you been for the last ten years?? :laugh:

so far up my own ass that i have NO IDEA what the rest of you people are talking about.

THERE. I SAID IT. Are you HAPPY? :laugh:

edit: omg 10 yrs of ledging.. despite what my "registered on" date says. i really must go kill myself now.

[Beachwood Mac]

it was a bruitally honest account of the situation from someone who was there. definitely refreshing and incredibly interesting.

this is probably really boring for most people...

i'm looking at framing of international news coverage of the israel/hezbollah conflict of july 2006. there were two main frames that emerged in all of the coverage from various newspapers. "proportionate” frames in reference to the situation convey a message indicating that israel’s response was fair and appropriate in regard to Hezbollah’s initial attack, where as “disproportionate” frames suggest that israel used too much or inappropriate force in its retaliation.

i'm using the bourdain clip to connect sort of a cultural frame to the presentation (joe's obvious disgust with hezbollah and as tony says, his worry of how american's will view the situation, etc.) annnd also so people won't fall asleep in my fifteen minutes of presenting :laugh:

It's hard to believe that was almost a year ago. When it all started I got to wondering if our old home was in the middle of the bombing. I found a site that had a Lebanon message board (www.skyscrapercity.com). I'm not sure if the posts are still there (the site is closed for maintenance right now) but there were pictures and copys of newspaper articles from both the Lebanese and Israeli press. Just in case you may need more filler time :D

[GardenStateGirlie]

It's hard to believe that was almost a year ago. When it all started I got to wondering if our old home was in the middle of the bombing. I found a site that had a Lebanon message board (www.skyscrapercity.com). I'm not sure if the posts are still there (the site is closed for maintenance right now) but there were pictures and copys of newspaper articles from both the Lebanese and Israeli press. Just in case you may need more filler time :D

how long had you been living there before moving to california? are you from the area?

i'll have to take a look at the site. after doing so much research over the past year, i've developed a big interest :nod:

[GardenStateGirlie]

so far up my own ass that i have NO IDEA what the rest of you people are talking about.

THERE. I SAID IT. Are you HAPPY? :laugh:

edit: omg 10 yrs of ledging.. despite what my "registered on" date says. i really must go kill myself now.

ahh...i'm merely a spectator these days who occasionally chimes in with witty repartee. or just repartee. ha.

ten years. god, we're old.

[Sarah]

ahh...i'm merely a spectator these days who occasionally chimes in with witty repartee. or just repartee. ha.

ten years. god, we're old.

i post in the threads i read.. i just don't read very many threads, all the posts in them, or all of each post that i begin to read (for that matter). it is very clique-y, but that doesn't bother me. it was clique-y when we were active, too. everybody gets a turn. unless you just are totally uncool. :wavey:

[Beachwood Mac]

how long had you been living there before moving to california? are you from the area?

i'll have to take a look at the site. after doing so much research over the past year, i've developed a big interest :nod:

It's been over 30 years since I lived there. My Dad worked at the US Embassy. I loved Lebanon and hope to go back some day. It's sad that they can't live in peace. That site is great. Beirut has changed alot since I was there - very cosmopolitan and Americanized.

[GardenStateGirlie]

It's been over 30 years since I lived there. My Dad worked at the US Embassy. I loved Lebanon and hope to go back some day. It's sad that they can't live in peace. That site is great. Beirut has changed alot since I was there - very cosmopolitan and Americanized.

oh wow -- very cool.

from what i viewed via bourdain's special, it looked completely westernized. for a moment, you forget your watching people who aren't american. did you get to travel much outside of that area when you lived there?

[Beachwood Mac]

oh wow -- very cool.

from what i viewed via bourdain's special, it looked completely westernized. for a moment, you forget your watching people who aren't american. did you get to travel much outside of that area when you lived there?

It's always been very westernized. When we lived there it was considered the resort of the Middle East. It only takes a few hours to drive the full length of the country. We never got to venture outside of Lebanon because it wasn't safe for Americans. My Dad got to go everywhere with his work with the ambassador so I got to live it through all his photos. I still keep in contact with people we met in Lebanon and have met new Lebanese friends through my work.