09 avril 2010
08 avril 2010
07 avril 2010
06 avril 2010
AnimationMentor
Congrats to my AM students!
Above is an image sent to me by Jean-Luc Delhougne, a talented animator from Belgium.
I just finished up another term teaching animation at the online school AnimationMentor.com. This term I taught the polishing and portfolio class which is the final class in the program. I had some super talented students and I will be expecting big things from them.
05 avril 2010
une pensée pour Benjamin qui est sur place ...
La navette Discovery a décollé lundi matin, comme prévu, du centre spatial Kennedy, à Cap Canaveral. Elle atteindra mercredi la Station spatiale internationale (SSI).Elle doit acheminer à travers l'espace dix tonnes d'équipement et de fournitures, notamment des armoires d'expériences scientifiques, un système de refroidissement et un congélateur qui servira à conserver les échantillons.Discovery emporte aussi dans sa soute divers appareils qui serviront à étudier l'atrophie des muscles, ainsi qu'un nouveau sas d'hébergement qui permettra aux locataires de la station de mieux dormir.L'équipe qui est montée à bord est composée de trois femmes (deux Américaines et une Japonaise) et de quatre hommes (trois Américains).Trois autres vols sont programmés pour les navettes avant leur retrait, fin 2010 : Endeavour s'envolera en mai, Atlantis en juillet et Discovery fermera le bal en septembre.Ensuite, il faudra utiliser les capsules russes Soyouz pour voyager jusqu'à l'ISS. Le prix de la place devrait dépasser les 50 millions de dollars.
Radio-Canada.ca avec Reuters et Associated Press
Image above: Space shuttle Discovery lifts off. Image credit: NASA TV
04 avril 2010
03 avril 2010
02 avril 2010
31 mars 2010
30 mars 2010
La lutte contre le Cancer ...
Why do I ride? I ride to make a difference...
This is where my journey begins. It's no small feat to bike from Montreal to Quebec City over 2 days, but it pails in comparison to what so many people around the world deal with every day in their fight against cancer.
Both of my parents are cancer survivors & there is a good chance I will have to face this battle at some point in my own life. We need to do our part in any way we can. So for those of us who aren't in the field of research, cancer or otherwise we have to give a small donation that may just turn out to be the difference in life or death in someone’s life.
Not so long ago the words "cancer survivor" didn't exist. The research that's been done so far has changed the lives of so many, but we still have so much more we need to do. So give generously & who knows, your donation might be the life & death difference in the life of someone you know.
If you're on this page, you are the hero!
We all have to think outside the box if we're going to touch the lives of others, so here is my idea:
here's how you can donate $50 at NO COST TO YOU!!!
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donate $25 dollars to me right now, then go to http://www.ingdirect.ca and sign up with a minimum balance of $100 (at some point you will be asked to enter an "Orange Key" use mine "14278400S1") & we will both receive $25 you will have donated $25 already (so it will have cost you nothing, but given so much & I will donate the money I receive on your behalf). To top that off you will get TWO 100% tax deductable tax receipts in e-mails for $25, one after your initial donation of $25 & the second once I receive my $25 & donate it on your behalf (just send me an e-mail at opp.gary@gmail.com, I just need your name & e-mail)
spread the word tell as many people as you can, send them here by going to:
http://www.conquercancer.ca/goto/gary_bartlett
29 mars 2010
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27 mars 2010
Toche était là .... ALice In Chain .........
Alice in Chains- Your Decision
Time to change has come and gone
Watched your fears become your god
It's your decision
It's your decision
Overwhelmed you chose to run
Apathetic to the stunned
It's your decision
It's your decision
You feed the fire that burned us all
When you lied
To feel the pain that spurs you on
Black inside
No one plans to take the path that brings you lower
And here you stand before us all and say it's over
It's over
It might seem enough an afterthought
Yes it hurts it to know you're bought
It's your decision
It's your decision
You feed the fire that burned us all
When you lied
To feel the pain that spurs you on
Black inside
It's your decision
It's your decision
No one plans to take the path that brings you lower
And here you stand before us all and say it's over
It's over
It's over