Holidays and special occasions are an opportune time to kick kids’ imaginations into high-gear and Courtney Watkins, host of The Possibility Shop, an ongoing web series produced by The Jim Henson Company, has out-of-the-box ideas, projects and activities that aim to inspire both parents and kids to put on their thinking caps – the possibilities are endless!
Whether you’re looking for fun ways to whip up mischief for St. Patrick’s Day, or ideas for welcoming back the warm weather, The Possibility Shop is a one-stop destination for endless creativity.
Courtney Watkins
Artist, author, teacher, mom, TV personality and creative guru, Courtney Watkins is at the center of “The Possibility Shop.” Courtney faces creative challenges, introduces new ideas, demonstrates how-to-techniques, seeks answers to befuddling questions and all the while unearths the “Aha!” moments hidden in a child’s every day. Revealing creative ideas for art, games, conversations, experiments, inventions, decorations and explorations, Courtney energizes viewers to pursue limitless fun, on-your-own, at-home activities.
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It’s the shocking discovery that every household has made while folding laundry - the mysterious lost sock.
Millions go missing each year. Now we know why.
L.O.S.S., the Laundered and Orphaned Sock Society, has determined the cause and created sockloss.com to bring this often occurring yet seemingly ignored phenomenon to light. “This is going to address one of society’s oldest problems,” says Jennifer Schoenegge, product manager, clothes care at GE Appliances, “It delves into answering the question of why those socks go missing.”
At sockloss.com, you can watch the introductory video, “Escape,” which features a harrowing tale about one sock’s narrow getaway.
Have you ever been a victim of sock loss? Has one of your favorite socks gone missing? Now’s your chance help stop this epidemic and find your sock! Report a missing sock and enter our “GE Sock L.O.S.S Sweepstakes” for a chance to win a GE Profile™ washer and dryer, with the exclusive overnight ready feature!
Concerned citizens can even take matters into their own hands by creating their own missing socks’ posters. L.O.S.S. allows you to perfectly design the lost sock’s image and display it as your Facebook profile picture to help spread the word. Families can also call 1-855-762-5642 to report missing socks and get emotional support.
You don’t have to keep quiet any longer.
If you pull on a sock one morning and find that its companion is missing and this becomes a pattern, you may need to invest in preventative measures. You can fight this sock loss battle with the right GE Profile washer and dryer.
Behind the informative and myth debunking L.O.S.S., proudly stands GE Appliances laundry products.
The Connection between L.O.S.S. and GE Appliances
This new breed of entertainment is GE’s creative way of showcasing the benefits of their frontload and topload Profile washers and dryers, while keeping it fun.
“We want this L.O.S.S. site and video to be a share-worthy online experience for folks, especially since everyone has encountered the missing sock phenomenon,” says Schoenegge.
Get involved, share the experience, and you may be rewarded with a year’s supply of Tide® detergent or a free GE Profile laundry pair. Each person that interacts with the campaign and forwards it to their personal network enters themselves into a sweepstakes.
Let’s keep our socks together. They’ve been together since the beginning and with GE; they can be together through to their holey-heeled demise.
Tide® is a registered trademark of Proctor & Gamble.
Friend GE Appliances on Facebook to view how-to videos, learn about new GE appliances, and join in the discussion with other GE appliance owners. Join today and follow @GE_Appliances on Twitter, or just locate detailed information about our products at www.geappliances.com.
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Pocoyo has some huge news to share and would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word for a good global cause!
The beloved children’s character, POCOYO, has been named the first official Global Kids’ Ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund’s 2011 Earth Hour initiative on March 26, 2011.
As the newly appointed Global Kids’ Ambassador for Earth Hour, Pocoyo is primed for his latest adventure—to raise environmental awareness among today’s children. Empowering kids, their parents and caregivers to “turn off the lights” during Earth Hour (March 26, 2011 at 8:30 pm)—and to incorporate easy, environmentally sustainable actions “beyond the hour”—Pocoyo encourages kids to play a vital role in saving our planet! As today’s children are tomorrow’s guardians of our planet, their involvement and sense of responsibility is vital.
Through innovative animation content and online activities, Pocoyo will encourage children around the globe to get involved in the. Children will be asked to turn off lights in their homes for one hour beginning at 8:30 pm (in their respective time zones) in what has become a worldwide collective display of peoples’ commitment to protect the planet.
In 2010, the Earth Hour message reached 1.3 billion and the event saw hundreds of millions of people switch off in more than 4,616 cities and towns in 128 countries.
Organizers are looking to extend the Earth Hour “Beyond the Hour,” inspiring us all to include small changes in daily habits–taking the bus instead of a car or even riding a bike to work, for example--which will collectively benefit the planet and create a better future. The campaign will also leverage the power of social media as a means of engaging and inspiring eco-friendly changes in people’s lifestyles around the globe.
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Nine-year-old violinist Brianna Kahane was chosen by Oprah Winfrey to perform in the widely-celebrated grand finale episode of Oprah'sALL-TIMEWORLD'S MOST TALENTED & AMAZING KIDS show to air in Oprah's final season. The historic broadcast, which was taped in Chicago at Harpo Studios on February 23, 2011, and aired Tuesday, March 1, 2011, brought only five (5) children -- including Brianna --together following a worldwide search to showcase their incredible talents. In the final edition of this widely-anticipated segment, which Oprah runs only once a year, Brianna performs a selection of the highly complex and virtuosic show-stopper, "Csárdás, by Vittorio Monti, on her mere ½-size violin.
Labeled a "prodigy" by The Washington Post,Oprah introduced Brianna by highlighting Brianna's recent performances for and compliments received from Former President Bill Clinton, and listed amongst Brianna's many exceptional accomplishments her unprecedented philanthropic efforts, which to date have helped raise over eighteen (18) million dollars through in-kind donations of her talent to more than twenty (20) notable charitable organizations over the past two (2) years alone. Assisting Oprah with hosting duties was teen sensation and Platinum Recording Artist, 10-year-old Willow Smith, daughter of film stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The program also featured a surprise appearance by rocker Lenny Kravitz.
In addition to appearing on this momentous final episode of Oprah's ALL-TIMEWORLD'S MOST TALENTED AND AMAZING KIDS, Brianna will also be featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network's (OWN) reality show, Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes, as The Oprah Winfrey Show draws to a close in its farewell season after 25 years on the air as one of the most well-respected programs in television history.
About Brianna Kahane
The past year has been very exciting for nine-year-old violinist Brianna Kahane. Despite having played the violin for only five (5) years, her accomplishments in that short amount of time, and at such a young age, are breathtaking. In addition to her performance this week on The Oprah Winfrey Show,Brianna has recently been profiled on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, performed on TheEllen DeGeneres Show and was hailed by Grammy® award winner and hit songwriter David Foster as "one of the next big talents."
Brianna maintains an extensive repertoire of both classical and popular pieces, and is extremely passionate about using her talent to help others in any way she can. Considered one of the world's youngest philanthropists, Brianna is trying to heal the world one song at a time. To continue helping people with her music, Brianna has started her own foundation -- The Brianna Kahane Charitable Foundation -- of which she is very proud.
With her photographic memory, amazing ear, finger dexterity far beyond her years and perfect pitch, Brianna easily commits to memory and performs lengthy and complex violin pieces in a very short period of time. Brianna produces beautiful tones delivered with meticulous intonation and an amazing sense of musicality, and she is a natural performer, bringing both passion and deep emotion to her music so it becomes vibrant and alive for her audiences. Often bringing tears to people's eyes with her brilliant performances and extraordinary talent, audiences revel in sheer delight. Brianna is a poised and talented violin soloist at just nine (9) years of age.
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Not that she ever really strayed too far from the Versace aesthetic of attention-getting clothes for party girls, celebrities and the occasional rebellious socialite, but with this collection Donatella is making a firm and solid declaration of what Versace has always been about. With its baroque designs and heavy gold Medusa buttons, classic Versace, her brother's Versace, is being referenced, but with modern twists. We love the military-inspired coats and dresses with gold hardware. Also love the ornate curlicuing tulip appliqué, but we're not all that crazy about the more snake-like appliqué on some of the pieces. Love the dramatic purple and yellow, as well as the cute little calf-length boots. It's all very Versace and very Donatella; sexy and loud and fierce.
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At this year’s annual Tokyo Marathon over 36,000 people were in attendance. And apparently, though it’s not a requirement, people often decide to dress up in Costume. Only in Japan.
