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Tel Aviv: Bauhaus White City
Tel Aviv, at the heart of modern Israel, was founded north of Jaffa in 1909 by Zionist Jewish pioneers who believed in the biblical return to Zion. The name Tel Aviv is taken from Ezekiel's vision of the Valley of Dry Bones. Tel Aviv is also known as the White City, referring to over 4000 buildings built in the Bauhaus or International Style by Jewish architects and refuges that fled Hitler's Germany in the 1930's. Tel Aviv is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
View of Tel Aviv from Old Jaffa
Tel Aviv panorama
We are overlooking the busy, bustling, modern day metropolis of Tel Aviv from Old Jaffa. Locals call Tel Aviv the "Big Orange" named after the famous Jaffa oranges that still grow in area. In fact, you might have seen them from the airplane as you approached for landing. We can see ultra modern office buildings going up everywhere, in an assortment of interesting shapes and there are beautiful new garden condos lining the water front promenade.
Sand dune beginnings outside of Jaffa
Would you believe that in 1909, when Tel Aviv was founded outside the walls of old Jaffa, there was little more than sand dunes, sand flies, and malaria here. Today, Tel Aviv is a vibrant cosmopolitan city at the heart of the most dynamic economy in the Middle East. And this without one drop of crude oil below the surface, though there have been recent discoveries of natural gas. Tel Aviv also has the world's largest exchange for polished diamonds and a world leader in high tech start-up companies. Tel Aviv is also the music and theater center of Israel. And all of this for a country just over 65 years old, that has faced an uphill battle for survival from the beginning.
How was Tel Aviv founded
Let's examine how Tel Aviv got here- how it started. It's a story that goes back a little over a hundred years ago- to the turn of the 20th century. There was an awakening of Jewish nationalism calling for a real practical return to Zion. We were always used to praying for the return to Zion, and still do. But this was different. This was a pro-active movement. A movement that said "just do it" and God will help and protect us along the way.
Back then, a handful of Jewish people arrived here by steamer from Europe, to the port of ancient biblical Jaffa. They came, not as tourists, but as pioneers; to fulfill a crazy dream – to rebuild the ancient biblical Jewish homeland. They were fired by a longing, an inner call for the Return to Zion.
The reality they met when they got off the boat was very different. Back in those days, before WWI, Palestine was just emerging from a deep slumber. It was a disease ridden backwater of the Ottoman Empire with malaria, glaucoma, no electricity, no running water, and an often hostile and a deeply corrupt local officials.
Nevertheless, overcoming hardship, these early Jewish settlers managed to purchase some land – sand dunes just outside the ancient walled city of Jaffa- the area in the foreground of the photograph, plan a new neighborhood, build their homes, and set down roots. The original neighborhood still exists, with gabled roof homes, narrow cobblestone streets, and even an old synagogue.
Ezekiel's Valley of Dry Bones
What motivated them to come and invest their last pennies in an insecure place? No hard-nosed investment counselor would have suggested sinking time and money into such a troubled region!
The answer is linked to the origin and meaning of "Tel Aviv". The name "Tel Aviv" comes from the prophet Ezekiel's "Valley of Dry Bones" vision (Ezekiel 37:1-14) and is the place in his imagination that the vision unfolds. The story goes like this: In the year 586 B.C., the great Babylonian empire of Mesopotamia ( the area of Iraq today) was on the war path and conquered Jerusalem, laying waste the great Temple of Solomon. The Jews were taken into captivity and exiled to Babylon (southern Iraq today). There was a great sense of despair among the Jewish people. Even loss of faith. Existential questions were raised. How could our god Yahweh allow his House to be destroyed, his chosen people to be scattered? What about His promise to Abraham? Does God go back on his promises?
It was the prophet Ezekiel, the man of God, the man of faith who was exiled along with his people that rose to the occasion. He had a vision- the Valley of Dry Bones, reminding us that God's promises are eternal. That there will come a time when the dry exiled bones of the nation of Israel would come to life again in His promised land.
Return to Zion
And so, when a handful of young Zionist families came from Europe as pioneers, fulfilling the biblical belief in the Return to Zion, bought some desolate sand dunes north of Jaffa to build their homes, they were like dreamers. They acted on vision. They sensed that they were active instruments of God in the building of a dream, the fulfillment of prophecy. In their minds they weren't just building another neighborhood, but were laying the foundations for a new city. They dared dream that their little neighborhood would grow to become the infrastructure for the return and resurrection of the dry exiled bones of the Jewish people to their ancient home. Like the ripples that emanate from dropping a pebble into a pond, their tiny initiative – would grow into something greater than themselves.
Tel Aviv: "Hill of Spring"
And why is the name of the place that Ezekiel had his Vision of the Dry Bones called "Tel Aviv"? The name Tel Aviv is Hebrew, literally meaning "Hill of Spring". Spring symbolizes rebirth and therefore encapsulates the whole message of the Vision of the Dry Bones- the promise of rebirth and new life that comes from the Lord.
Bauhaus White City
With the rise of Hitler many German Jewish architects fled and settled in Tel Aviv, bringing with them the Bauhaus or International Style of building. Today there are over 4000 buildings in this style in Tel Aviv, collectively known as the White City, and UNESCO has declared the ensemble a World Heritage Site.
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Your Chart of Accounts in QuickBooks powers all of your reports and therefore all of the information that you can use to make decisions to increase profitability of your bridal store. We have developed a chart of accounts specific to bridal salons. We use this as our starting point.
1) We analyze your Quickbooks file and have a conversation with you about your salon to understand how to adjust the bridal chart of account to fit your business.
2) We create a draft Chart of Accounts that we believe would power better financial decisions for your store. We meet with you to discuss.


Finance Magnates' London Summit 2015- What to expect?
Finance Magnates' London Summit 2015 – What to Expect?
Finance Magnates London Summit starts today and below infographic reveals the impressive attendance statistics that increased by 133% and represents people from 57 countries.
In only four years, this event has become one of the most important in the industry, and as such, has been attracting an increasingly large number of industry figures from all over the world. This growth clearly can be seen in the numbers, displayed in the meticulous infographic.
The Summit will be filled with CEOs, COOs, directors, managing founders of fintech, banking, retail and institutional brokerage firms.. the list of roles and industry segments is diverse and long. to put it another way, one in four people at the Summit will be C-level management!
Many of these key people, along with some star guests, will be giving keynote speeches and taking part in panels. You will also meet C-level attendees at our opening party, networking blitz, fintech spotlight and the Finance Magnates Awards ceremony.
Moreover, the growth-rate of companies choosing to exhibit their products at the Summit exceeds the growth in simple footfall. This means that more and more businesses are realising the invaluable opportunity presented here; an event where they can talk to/sell to/compare notes with the crème de la crème of all segments of the trading industry.
The representatives of 482 companies, from 57 different countries, will be at the London Summit today.
Finance Magnates' London Summit 2015 will take place on November 2-3, 2015 at the Brewery on Chiswell Street.


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Biolase hooks up with IPG on dental lasers
Development and distribution agreement will see fiber lasers in new commercial applications.
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Fiber laser pioneer IPG Photonics is joining forces with Biolase to help develop a new set of products for the dentistry market.
The two US-headquartered companies have announced a development and distribution agreement involving IPG's medical laser division.
IPG Medical and Biolase say that they already have several projects at various stages of development, and are expecting to jointly commercialize dental laser products, accessories and system components.
"The [two] parties will collaborate in the design and development of these new products and applications, with each party contributing their respective technological expertise, know-how, and development resources," they stated.
Biolase, which is recovering from a tumultuous period of boardroom wrangling that culminated with the resignation of its colorful ex-CEO and part-time fashion impresario Federico Pignatelli back in August 2014, is a dental laser specialist. It will be responsible for US and international registrations of all dental products resulting from the agreement.
In addition, it has secured exclusive worldwide commercial distribution rights for certain products over a multi-year initial term following their development.
Harold Flynn was appointed Biolase CEO in July 2015. He said: "We are extremely fortunate to partner with IPG, the world leader in fiber laser technology.
"This partnership brings with it significant opportunity to advance our product designs and our supply chain, ultimately to provide a broader, deeper and more capable portfolio of laser-based solutions to dental practitioners globally."
Laser drill replacement
Rather than fiber lasers, Biolase has traditionally relied on its "Waterlase" technology, which combines a water jet with a solid-state laser based on erbium- and chromium-doped crystals. The systems can be used instead of a traditional drill to cut hard and soft tissues.
The company also offers a pair of diode laser products, named EPIC and iLase, which are targeted at soft-tissue applications and more cosmetic procedures like tooth whitening. Both use 940 nm semiconductor laser emitters.
Since the protracted, acrimonious and disruptive split with its former CEO, the new Biolase management team has been seeking to restore its fortunes, although business has continued to be somewhat rocky.
For the first nine months of 2015, the Irvine, California, company posted a net loss of $18 million on revenues of only $34 million. Flynn and his team recently implemented a restructuring to try to stem those losses, with the measures expected to trim costs by $2.4 million per year.
On the plus side, the CEO recently reported a sharp increase in sales of diode systems, while in November the utility of the Waterlase was extended to include peri-implantitis, a condition where tissue surrounding implants becomes inflamed.
Strategic fit
Gregory Altshuler, president of the IPG Medical division, said that the Biolase partnership represented a good fit with IPG's wider strategy, and would help the company to build its medical application business.
IPG's sales of fiber lasers have expanded rapidly over the past few years as the company has both exploited its first-mover advantage with the technology and driven down costs relentlessly.
While the vast majority of that success has come from industrial applications of lasers and cutting and welding of metals in particular, the company is keen to expand on that base and has described a raft of other applications – including paint-stripping, drilling for oil and even ice-breaking – in which its lasers have been trialed.
It is not the only major laser company to be working on dental applications, however. Rival Coherent has developed a novel 9.3 micron carbon dioxide laser (which uses the oxygen-18 isotope) for partner Convergent Dental.
Convergent's "Solea" system, said to offer pain-free cutting through tooth enamel without the need for anaesthetic, has since been short-listed for a Prism Award at next month's SPIE Photonics West event in San Francisco.
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Miller-Moore, Lever lift Grand Canyon past Bethesda 121-62
PHOENIX (AP) Sean Miller-Moore and Alessandro Lever scored 19 points apiece as Grand Canyon routed Bethesda 121-62 on Friday night. Asbjorn Midtgaard added 17 points for the Antelopes. Lever also had nine rebounds, while Midtgaard posted nine rebounds.
Rashad Smith had 13 points for Grand Canyon (7-3).
It was the first time this season Grand Canyon scored at least 100 points.
Grand Canyon posted a season-high 31 assists. Meanwhile, the Antelopes forced a season-high 22 turnovers.
Grand Canyon scored 67 first-half points, a season high for the team.
Steve Wooten had 39 points, 11 rebounds and five assists for the Flames, who have now lost 10 straight games to start the season. He also had eight turnovers. Justin Clark added 15 points.


Super cute baby and pic, but I'm sorry, the only thing I can focus on is HOW in the world is Annie's manicure still so perfect?! It's been like a month and she's three!
I mean I'm twenty-one and can't keep a manicure from chipping for a week!!
Oh – my mom took her to get a new one! It's good to be Annabel Spohr, I tell ya.
Ha ha – Nathan does look a little concerned!!! Annie looks great. She is so pretty….just like her Mama!!!
She was so cute and confident holding him, and then playing with him afterwards.
This reminds me of the first Christmas card that my parents sent out after my sister was born when I was 8. I just LOVE this!
Bless his heart! He does look like he thinks the grown ups have lost their ever lovin' minds! But Annie's joy & confidence is a adorable!!!


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School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Education Undergraduate Program Undergraduate Degrees Semester by the Sea
Semester by the Sea
Offered by the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) , Semester by the Sea is designed for undergraduate students, or recent graduates, to spend a semester immersed in marine studies while in residence at the Stony Brook Southampton campus.
The Fall Program uses an experiential learning approach, taking full advantage of the Southampton Marine Science Center, its research vessels, its waterfront marine lab facilities, and the unique campus location on the shores of Shinnecock Bay for direct access to coastal waters and the Atlantic Ocean. Students participate in intensive studies focused on the diverse marine habitats of eastern Long Island including bays, estuaries, salt marshes, rocky intertidal zones, dunes, beaches, tidal flats, and the open ocean, as well as on current environmental issues related to these ecosystems. The program also introduces students to the historic and contemporary maritime traditions of Southampton, Long Island, New York, and New England via both classes and focused field trips to sites that have shaped these traditions.
The Spring Program offers additional opportunities for living and learning at the Southampton campus. Students select courses from the exciting curriculum: Marine Conservation, Biological Oceanography, Bioacoustics, Unsinkable Technologies, Biology & Conservation of Sea Turtles, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rehabilitation, Field Techniques in Marine Mammal Science, and Introduction to SCUBA.
Both the fall and spring programs offer opportunities for involvement in Southampton marine research labs, internships with local organizations, and limited work-study positions.
Any student may enroll, but the program is best suited for upper level science majors as several of the elective courses have prerequisites.
Visiting (non-Stony Brook) students must have a GPA of at least 2.5 and have completed college level biology. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
To enroll, complete the following steps:
Fill out our information request form
Select the option below that best describes you:
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Stony Brook students can earn a Minor in Marine Science by enrolling in either semester (15 credits) and taking MAR 104 (Introduction to Oceanography) during the fall, spring, or summer. MVB and MAR majors are not eligible for this minor.
What are students saying about the Semester by the Sea program?
Read student testimonials here, and about the experience of Jeanne, a visiting student, here.
Watch this short video to see our students in action and to meet some of our local wildlife.
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For Winthrop woman, sharing meals brings connections
Ashley Brown, 31, began offering meals in the early days of Maine's stay-at-home order, and now she has created a community of people who are making neighbor-to-neighbor connections across Maine.
By Jessica LowellKennebec Journal
Ashley Brown delivers meals, flowers and a balloon Sunday celebrating Mother's Day at a neighbor's home in Winthrop. Kennebec Journal photo by Andy Molloy
Ashley Brown was already busy when coronavirus was declared a global pandemic in mid-March.
With a 5-year-old son and an 18-month-old daughter and a business she runs from the Winthrop home she shares with her husband, Nathan, her days were already full when something occurred to her that would upend her life.
"I looked in my refrigerator and I saw the leftovers of all these amazing meals I had made for my family," she said from her home last week.
Like thousands of people across Maine, Brown, 31, has seen the impact of the near-complete shutdown of the economy in Maine, the United States and elsewhere to slow the spread of coronavirus: Empty store shelves, people out of work, dwindling savings and isolation.
The shutdown of businesses across the state to slow the spread of coronavirus has revealed how isolated and ill-equipped many Maine residents are to cope with an emergency that has required shutting down businesses, schools and government activities. While many can work from home, many more are finding themselves unemployed and without a regular income.
Where they can, school districts have continued offering breakfast and lunch to students who qualify and in some cases to every student who wants it. Food banks across Maine are struggling to meet the growing demand for food as more people struggle to pay bills and feed their families.
Like hundreds of others across the state, Brown is a member of Maine Coronavirus Community Assistance, a Facebook page set up to share resources and information, ask for help, volunteer time or make donations.
As crisis deepens, Maine food banks scramble to keep up
Brown realized that with those leftovers, she could offer meals, providing nutrition and a connection to others who need both.
So she did.
Brown started posting that she was making meals and she was looking for people in the Winthrop area who needed them because they did not have food or could not get to the grocery store.
Shelley Gearheart is one of those people. Gearheart, 68, has lived in Winthrop most of her life and she feels like she knows or knows of most everybody in town. While she cooks for herself, she does not typically make much of a fuss. She might put something in the slow cooker and have that for several meals.
She did not know Brown, but she posted a comment to one of Brown's posts, and she found the connection Brown was also offering.
"It's the anticipation, wondering what she's making and what she's going to drop off," Gearheart said. "I look forward to it."
Once or twice a week, Brown or husband will stop by and leave something on Gearheart's steps, maybe with an extra treat thrown in.
Brown has also made meals for health care providers, sometimes adding a gift bag of elixirs and immunity boosters from her business, Mama's Magic.
In the Portland area, Randy Olsen also saw Brown's regular posts. He had already been answering requests on the Coronavirus Assistance page, buying pizzas for one request, paying for someone else's gasoline.
While he is still working, his income as an independent contractor who delivers newspapers and magazines, including the Portland Press Herald and the Kennebec Journal, has been limited during the shutdown. He realized he could not continue doing that and was looking for some other way to contribute.
"Then I see this post from this woman, who is cooking and going shopping for these ingredients, and delivering them from an hour and a half away," Olsen said Saturday on his way to deliver some food. "So I messaged her and said, 'Can I meet you halfway and at least deliver to the greater Portland area?'"
They made arrangements to meet in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Lewiston and Brown dropped off food for five families for Olsen to deliver.
"This woman is an absolute — I've never met anyone like her. She's just incredible," Olsen, 49, said, adding that Nathan Brown also deserves credit for the time he puts in.
The following week, they met in the parking lot of the Marden's, and by then, the idea of having a network of people doing the same thing started to take shape.
Ashley Brown, right, presents her Winthrop neighbor, Shelley Gearheart with meals, flowers and a balloon celebrating Mother's Day. Kennebec Journal photo by Andy Molloy
Brown's simple offer to provide a meal and a connection has now blossomed into a statewide network of people who are willing to provide the same kind of neighborly lifeline. The result has been Meals for ME, a Facebook group devoted to helping people make connections — without judgment — across the state.
The response has floored Brown.
"There's a girl up in Bangor, who just lost her home because the relative she was living with died," she said. "She's cooking for families. Wouldn't a 19-year-old have better things to do?"
On Friday alone, the page had 200 requests from people who want to join the community, he said. They have to answer a couple of questions, so people know the group is not handing out cash or other assistance. Olsen said the page receives three times as many offers to help as people who need help.
While some donations have come in, Brown said she and her husband, a plumber who was laid off in December for the winter lull and has not yet started working again, are paying for ingredients out of their own pockets.
At the end of April, Brown launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to pay for a website and to accept donations to support the efforts of Meals for ME.
Brown said she understands the need for connection. She has experienced anxiety and depression herself and knows the sense of isolation that comes with that. And now she sees things she didn't before.
"In this small and very fast journey, I have learned so much," she said recently in Facebook Live video she posted. "There's people I delivered food to that if I saw them on the street (before) I would have clenched my purse."
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These are people who are often overlooked, but who still need a connection, she said.
Medical researchers and epidemiologists are working around the clock to understand the novel coronavirus and how to protect people from COVID-19, the serious and potentially deadly respiratory disease it causes.
The conditions that led to the creation of Meals for ME, and a nonprofit organization now in the works, will eventually be contained and people will eventually go back to work. When those happen, Brown and Gearheart say they hope people will be able to slow down and appreciate a slower pace and the sense of community that has been fostered through the simple offer of a meal.
"I want to save the world, I really do," Brown said to viewers of one of her Facebook Live posts. "And I believe I can start by saving our community."
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Prickly and Bitter: Mexican White Pines are better than our own White Pines in our own climate?!
Mexican White Pines are better than our own White Pines in our own climate?!
I have my suspicions about this tree, and it has nothing to do with the identification. There are three Mexican white pines all planted in a pretty clump; they are definitely ornamental trees and were planted after the arboretum was established on campus (so, believe it or not, these trees are younger than I am. Boy do they grow fast! Because...I'm not that old, no matter what my students would lead you to believe). They are most definitely Mexican white pines. What I have my suspicions about is their distribution and abundance. They are native to three very, very small pockets in Mexico along parts of the mountain range that runs straight through the middle of Mexico. These three pockets are now independent populations, and at the time of their assessment under the IUCN (the International Union on the Conservation of Nature) the three populations were non-interbreeding. This in itself isn't necessarily a big deal, but it's the rest of it that matters. Mexico is undergoing, like many countries in Latin America, a huge shift from rural rolling landscapes where you won't see a person for miles into a highly urbanized country with extensive urban sprawl. On top of that, all of these "Eco Resorts" are popping up all over the country. And then there's the drug running (there's no point in denying that it exists!). Oh, and on top of all of that the conversion from traditional vegeculture multi-crop agriculture to a more "North American" (I hate that description for it, since Mexico is part of North America) method of monoculture agriculture. These four things in combination amount to a lot of deforestation; doing this in an area that already contains three highly fragmented populations of a species, populations that exist nowhere else, probably means that the "Least Concern" status that this species has according to the IUCN is now incorrect. I would bet that at least one of those three populations no longer exists, and that the status of the species should, at minimum, be category NT or "Near Threatened", if not VU or "Vulnerable." But, as with all biodiversity research, you first need to find an organization that will fund the research to go out and study these populations (which hasn't been done since 1994!). To say this is a "Mexican problem," or even a "Third World problem," would be completely incorrect. Under the current economic climate in Canada, the only species reassessments done for species at risk are for species that grow in economically significant areas (like the Tar Sands in Alberta), or in areas where urbanization is slated to occur (in the case of Environmental Assessments). I like to think that Canada is a pretty "developed" country...!
The Mexican white pine is one of the most widely planted pulp trees, from which we derive paper. Nearly every large paper-producing country in the world (except Canada) plants the Mexican white pine as opposed to any other white pine species. This is because it is highly disease-resistant (especially to white pine blister rust, which is an ever-increasing problem in Canada and the United States, attacking all of our native white pine species), highly cold-tolerant (despite being from tropical Mexico, it can withstand temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius!), and highly drought-tolerant. This makes it ideal for planting in hot, dry countries, hot, wet countries, cold, dry countries, and cold, wet countries. Name a country that doesn't fall into one of those categories! I dare you :) Because of their large cones, and soft, feathery needles they are also a highly prized ornamental species. One great thing about this tree that makes it ideal to plant as an ornamental is that it doesn't actually get to be that large. The tallest Mexican white pine on record lives in Germany and is only 20 meters tall. That's not a very big tree for being the biggest ever recorded!


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Sandy (HUB) here. We had a pretty exciting time over at the HUB last Friday. The farmers from all the CSAs in our program came out to answer questions and meet you all. A bunch of the farmers brought winter vegetables. And it was whoopie pie Friday. So Vincenzo cooked and pureed them and folded them into our whoopie pie frosting.
They made some spectacular colors. You can see the carrot filling in the middle, and the kale in back. My favorite was the purple carrot frosting. It made this awesome pinkish-purple color. If you missed Friday's event, you can still sign up for a CSA at the HUB. Deadline to sign up is March 9.


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With over 400 million copies in print worldwide, Goosebumps is one of the biggest book franchises of all time. The bestselling series has captured the imaginations of readers for generations. Now, Goosebumps, the new film from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, brings the series to life on the big screen for the first time, combining dozens of author R.L. Stine's famous creations into one hilariously spine-tingling movie, starring Jack Black as the famed writer.
For producer Deborah Forte, it's easy to see why the series struck a resonant chord with readers all over the world. "In Goosebumps, it's fun to be scared," she says. "The series was full of relatable kid characters who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances topped off by fantastic twist endings that kids love! Goosebumps became a phenomenon which included even the most reluctant readers." Forte was president of Scholastic Media and EVP of Scholastic, Inc, publisher of the Goosebumps books.
Initially, the filmmakers – including director Rob Letterman, Forte, and producer Neal H. Moritz – faced a dilemma: with nearly 200 different Goosebumps books to choose from, which book to adapt? The answer came as the filmmakers cracked the code: they would put dozens of Stine's most famous creations into one film, with Stine himself at the center. "We wanted to create a bigger experience than the books or the television show," says Forte. "The script needed to capture the true essence of the Goosebumps books, but also deliver a big movie ride for the audience."
That true essence of the books required threading the needle on the tone that struck a chord, over and over again, in hundreds of books. "The books are scary, but not too scary; they're fun, but not over-the-top," says Moritz. "We wanted a story that kids could relate to, and have fun with Jack Black playing R.L. Stine. Jack has a quality that makes everyone comfortable."
"That combo of funny and scary goes so well together – they're like peanut butter and jelly," says Black. With that in mind, the filmmakers' sought to emulate the books' perfect mix of the right amount of a fun adventure, and the right amount of thrills. And Black says that no less a source that R.L. Stine himself told them so. "When we first met with R.L. Stine, that was his one word of advice – to stick to that tone. He loved the script, he loved that I would be portraying him, and he gave us his blessing."
"That was the most important thing to me – is there the same blend of scares and humor that we have in the books? Does it match? It has to have laughs and it has to have twists and turns," says R.L. Stine. "I've always called the Goosebumps books 'safe scares,' because kids know what to expect. They're going to be safe the whole way, while having these creepy adventures. So, I was so happy when I read the script and it felt just like the books."
"The tone of the movie was one of the most important things about it, and the hardest nut to crack," says Letterman. "I love the old Amblin movies, and the reason is that they are very grounded in the real world; all of the kids have real-world problems that real-world kids can identify with. And then something supernatural or magic or from outer space would enter that world, and it made for a compelling story, because the world was grounded. That was a big part of the tone of Goosebumps that was really important for me."
"The other part of it was balancing the comedy and the thrills, to make sure it didn't get too scary for kids but still had the fun scares that the series is known for," Letterman continues.
Opposite Black, the filmmakers cast so many of Stine's famous creations. Whenever possible, the filmmakers created a practical creature out of make-up and special effects. "Any monsters that we could do practically, we did," says Rob Letterman. "There are a few that are CGI and some that are a hybrid of practical and CGI, but we knew that we wanted to get as much in camera as we could. I didn't want the monsters to feel like a cartoon, or dumbed-down. I knew it would be great for the actors' performance to have something real there, on the spot – and it really gives the movie this great feeling, as the magic of the books comes to life."
Leading the way as the chief villain is Stine's most lasting creation: Slappy the Dummy. In the film, Slappy is Stine's alter ego and the mastermind behind the evil plot. The filmmakers reached out to Ironhead Studio to design and create a real, working ventriloquist's dummy – one that resembles Jack Black in many ways. The dummy was entirely manual – no electronics at all – and puppeted by Avery Lee Jones, who got the job after a nationwide audition. Jones could move Slappy with his hand controls in many different ways: head turning side-to-side or all the way around, mouth control, eyes side-to-side, eyes blink, wide eyed, and eyebrow movement. Overseeing the working of the dummy itself, to make sure that everything remained in working order, was Ironhead Studio's Jake McKinnon.
Joining Slappy in the film are many of Stine's other creations:
The Ghouls from Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls
Snake Lady from Escape from the Carnival of Horrors
Bog Monster from You Can't Scare Me!
Egyptian Princess from Return of the Mummy
Cronby the cave troll from Deep in the Jungle of Doom
The Evil Clown from When the Ghost Dog Howls
Vampires from Vampire Breath
The Witch Doctor from Deep in the Jungle of Doom
Madam Doom from Help! We Have Strange Powers!
The Executioner from A Night in Terror Tower
The Pirate from Creep from the Deep
The Creeps from Calling All Creeps
The Haunted Mask from The Girl with the Haunted Mask
Scarecrows from The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
Jack O'Lantern from Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns
The Mummy from Return of the Mummy
The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
The Werewolf from Werewolf of Fever Swamp
The Gnomes from Revenge of the Gnomes
The Blob from The Blob That Ate Everyone
Toy Robots from Toy-Terror: Batteries Included
Bug-Eyed Aliens from Invasion of the Body Squeezers
Vampire Poodle from Please Don't Feed the Vampire!
and the Praying Mantis from A Shocker on Shock Street
Among all of these choices, which is Black's favorite? "Slappy the Dummy, of course," he says – noting that the reason is probably because the dummy looks just like him. Besides Slappy? "The bug-eyed aliens, or the bog monster," he says. "The bog monster is a swamp thing, but from the right angle, it looks just like a butt. Can we call it the butt monster?"
Casting the Film
At the center of the film is Jack Black in the role of R.L. Stine. He says that he put in the work to make Stine a completely unique character. "When I read the script a few times, I felt like the character needed to look and sound different than me – it couldn't be like the dude from School of Rock is now the writer R.L. Stine," he says. "No, it needed to be a character that I haven't played before, someone with a little more gravitas, a respected writer. So, I worked on his voice, and I decided to give him a little bit of an Orson Wells-ian accent. Refined. I wanted him to be someone with a taste for the finer things."
Naturally, Black's character is nothing like the real R.L. Stine, who in real life is actually a jovial fellow. "I like to play characters, to get behind the facade," says Black. "When I get into an accent, or a character who's different from myself, it frees me up to do things I wouldn't normally do – I get embarrassed saying certain lines or doing certain things if it feels like I'm doing it myself. Putting on a mask and a voice frees you up to express yourself better."
As a result, it doesn't matter that he's nothing like the real-life Stine; Black's character is hilarious and perfect for the movie. "The funniest parts of my character are his vanity and pride about his track record," says Black. "There was ample opportunity for him to get on a high horse and remind the others, especially Champ, that he's better than they are. He's trying to block the love connection between Zack and Hannah, and he thinks Champ is an imbecile, but that's the evolution of the movie – these guys become his best friends."
"This was my third time working with Jack, so we've gotten used to each other," says Letterman. "It was very cool to see him sink his teeth into this, because I know he's a classically trained actor and has amazing acting chops, but the rest of the world always thinks of him as Jack Black the comedian. So it was really nice for him to do both, and it was also incredibly helpful for the movie, because Jack helps navigate the tone – he lets people know that the movie is okay for kids, but at the same time, yes, we could get a little bit of edge in there."
Teaming up with Jack Black in the film is a trio of young up-and-coming actors: Dylan Minnette as Zach, Odeya Rush as Hannah, and Ryan Lee as Champ. Because the four team up in the film to re-capture the creatures, it was imperative that the actors could not only handle their roles, but share a chemistry that would pop off the screen. As a result, Letterman not only met with the actors solo, but brought them in to read with each other, and, as a final confirmation, with Jack Black, to make sure the dynamic would work.
Of course, it helped that Minnette was a Goosebumps uber-fan, having consumed over sixty (by his count) Goosebumps books over the years. "I knew all the creatures – the Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, the Werewolf of Fever Swamp, Night of the Living Dummy… my favorite Goosebumps book was Say Cheese and Die, but The Haunted School was also creepy."
But, of course, Minnette can fully get behind Slappy as the film's lead villain. "Who's not scared of a talking, evil ventriloquist's dummy?" he says. "Seeing Slappy brought to life in front of me was surreal. Avery – the puppeteer for Slappy, who did his facial expressions – made him feel like a real person. It was exactly like I pictured Slappy in the books."
Minnette says that, like many of the Goosebumps books, the film grounds Zach in the everyday problems of an ordinary kid before the feature gets creatures. "Zach has just moved to Madison, Delaware, from New York City. He doesn't want to leave the city or his friends – he's used to the city life and now he's going to this town that he thinks hardly anyone lives in," he explains. Despite connections with Hannah and Champ, this is the crisis he'll have to overcome – along with the crisis of a couple of dozen monsters that are attacking his town.
Hannah is played by Odeya Rush, an actress born in the U.S. and raised in Israel. "Hannah is Stine's daughter," says Rush. "Her dad is seriously overprotective – she's moved from place to place all of her life – and she doesn't really have a lot of friends. He keeps her very guarded from the rest of the world. When Zach moves in right next door, she's not used to really interacting with anyone my age, so she has a bubbling enthusiasm to have another kid her age to talk to, but she's still guarded and has to test him out in the beginning, because she's not used to it."
Rush says that even aside from acting, just being on the Goosebumps set was an interesting experience. "It was funny to eat lunch there. You're just sitting at lunch and there's the Frozen People, and the Girl with the Haunted Mask, just standing in line, getting her food. You're sitting in the makeup trailer and there's a clown sitting next to you, or some guy with blood. It was pretty crazy."
Ryan Lee, best-known for his role on the television series "Trophy Wife" and his supporting roles in the feature films Super 8 and This is 40, plays Champ, Zach's one new friend in town and a fraidy cat who gets more than goosebumps when the creatures come to life. (Fittingly, he has the heart of a champion and will rise to the occasion.) "He's the equipment manager of the football team," Lee explains. "He's very clumsy… you feel bad for this guy. But by the end of it, through the chaos of the monsters and everything, he comes into his own."
"Champ is the comic relief of the movie, but he's also a great part to play," Lee continues. "There was one scene that could have been kind of creepy – we're sneaking into Stine's house, obviously we're not supposed to be there, and as we're walking down this creepy hallway, I whisper to Zach, 'Hey, do you think he's going to mind if I use his bathroom?' It's stuff like that that takes you out of the scary moments and relaxes you a bit, which is cool."
Oscar nominee Amy Ryan takes on the role of Gail, Zach's mother. "Gail is a single mother, recently widowed, from New York. She is craving a fresh start, so moves with her son Zach, to an idyllic town where everything seems peaceful and quiet," she explains. "She and Zach have a good sense of humor about each other – they rib each other. She's a fun mom – but Zach is still the typical teen who doesn't want to be seen at school with his mother, even though she works there. On her first day, as the new vice principal, things go crazy. She gets the biggest surprise of her life. Her new home is anything but peaceful and quiet."
Comedienne Jillian Bell, whose work on Comedy Central's "Workaholics" turned heads and scene-stealing role in 22 Jump Street shot her to fame, plays Lorraine, Gail's sister and Zach's aunt.
Bell, like Minnette, was a fan of the series as a child. "I was that kid who would wake up at 7 a.m. on the day a book was coming out and stand in line at the bookstore to buy it, and finish it by midnight the same day. I was obsessed with them."
In fact, Bell paid the filmmakers a tremendous compliment. "She had read all the books, so when she read the script, she said, 'This is legit. You guys really did your homework.' She and Dylan were our Goosebumps experts on the set."
Bell was also excited to find out about her character's plot twist. "When they told me about the movie, they said, 'Your character has a crush on R.L. Stine,' and I said, 'Is R.L. Stine actually going to be in the movie?' and they said, 'No, it's Jack Black.' I said, 'Well, that's also equally as wonderful.'"
Creating the Creatures
The main cast in Goosebumps is composed not just of the fictional townspeople of Madison, Delaware, but also of the creatures of R.L. Stine's imagination.
As director Rob Letterman planned how to bring these creatures to life, it was important to him to combine both live-action and computer animation. Some would be present and captured in camera; others would be created later, in the computer; and still others would be a combination of the two.
"We knew it would be amazing to do as much as we could do in camera," says Letterman. "I didn't want the monsters to feel like a cartoon. Kids are smarter than that, and I didn't want to dumb it down. By creating the creatures practically, not only would it look great, but it would be ideal for the actors' performance to have something real there for them to react to, on the spot."
Letterman collaborated early on with creature designer Carlos Huante, a veteran illustrator and creature designer who has worked on such films as Men in Black, Mighty Joe Young, Hellboy, War of the Worlds, The Spiderwick Chronicles and Alice in Wonderland, as well as the "Ghostbusters" animated series. Later, during production, the creatures were brought to reality by makeup department head Fionagh Cush, creature makeup FX designer Stephen Prouty, hair department head Adruitha Lee, and costume designer Judianna Makovsky.
"It was a dream job, says Prouty. "There are not too many jobs where you're asked to come in and make an army of monsters. The script was so clever and fun, I was hooked immediately."
"We took the concept designs, and then interpreted them into a three dimensional world of sculpture molds, and prosthetics," says Cush. "In our series of makeup tests, some were too scary, and some weren't scary enough. We had to find the happy medium."
For example, the team created eight Ghouls that appear in the cemetery sequence and in the final, climactic monster attack. Custom-made latex flesh-colored prosthetics were applied piece by piece to eight actors' faces to give them a zombie look. Each set of face prosthetics was made from medical grade silicone and took an entire day to create. A fresh set of face prosthetics were applied each day to every Ghoul. The Ghouls' creepy, long finger prosthetics were handmade in the SFX makeup workshop. 1500 individual fingers were molded from scratch, with each finger hand-painted and brushed with clear nail polish. Each finger could be used three times.
The Ghouls were well versed in zombie movement, as many of them had previously worked as zombies on the television show "The Walking Dead." Each Ghoul took three-and-a-half hours to get ready, from having their prosthetics applied and painted by the makeup department, to having their hair appear lifeless on purpose by the hair department, to dressing them in the vintage, aged clothes that were hand tailored for each Ghoul's look and personality.
Says Odeya Rush, "When we were filming in the cemetery and the Ghouls came to life, it felt so real and was so scary. I couldn't believe my eyes."
Another practical creature creation was the Snake Lady, identifiable by her scaled face, long braided blonde hair, and alluring, skin-tight metallic shimmer dress. The Snake Lady took three hours to undergo her transformation. Some of her transformation details were sophisticated, and others surprisingly simple – like her eyes, made from polarized sunglass lenses, which popped in and out easily from the surrounding prosthetic. Her wig took three people 90 hours to complete.
Prouty's favorite creature was the Bog Monster – a late addition to the film that made the cut once Letterman saw Prouty's incredible creature design. To create the costume, Prouty created a fabric woven with yarn from camouflage hunting uniforms; each strand of yarn was hand-sewn onto a fine fabric netting. The Bog Monster's head was made of foam and hung from a bracket that enabled it to rock back and forth with movement.
The actor inside the Bog Monster suit was 6'8″ tall and wore a size fifteen shoe. (Fun Goosebumps trivia: the Bog Monster and the Snake Lady were boyfriend and girlfriend in real life.)
Unsurprisingly, the design team focused closely on the costume details, like eyes and hair. For example, the Egyptian Priestess wore turquoise blue opaque contact lenses, beneath eyebrows that read "Goosebumps" in hieroglyphics; Cronby, the thirty-six inch tall evil Leprechaun, wore cloudy gel red contacts; the evil clown wore glowing yellow contact lenses; and Dr. Shock's crazy electrocuted hairdo was made to stand on end using laundry detergent.
Ironhead Studio in Los Angeles designed the Mummy costume and mask for the film. The haunting teeth, cavernous eyes, and aged gold and emerald chin protrusion embellishment, haunted all those who crossed his path.
Also among those on set: a pack of pasty Vampires; the Witch Doctor, with caked-on mud and nose bone prosthetic; Madam Doom, with her glowing crystal ball and pointed prosthetic chin; the Executioner; the Pirate, who was a real life amputee; a boy and girl purple-faced Creeps; two Scarecrows and one Jack O'Lantern on stilts; and the Haunted Mask.
The creepiest creation? Ask Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush and Ryan Lee, and you'll get one answer – the Clown. The actor never broke character on the set and was beyond terrifying.
Frozen People
In the film, several characters get frozen. Twelve individual frozen people looks were created for the film, among them Timothy Simons as Officer Stevens, Amanda Lund as Officer Brooks, and Jillian Bell as Aunt Lorraine. The hair department made individual wigs for each frozen person that looked as if they were stiff and dripping with icicles.
Adruitha Lee, the Oscar-winning hair department head, says, "It was a challenge to find the right materials to make hair look actually frozen. I called around to other hair colleagues asking for their secret recipes, but nothing seemed to be working for our needs. Then we got the idea that saved the day, and we went to Home Depot and we bought twenty tube of caulking in white and clear, and started painting the wigs with them. It was an experiment… and fortunately, it worked!"
It took the hair department four weeks to create fourteen wigs. "Before the process of making the wigs appear frozen, we styled the wigs to match the actors own hairstyle," says Lee. The special makeup department also had the challenge of making icicles that hang from the frozen people's faces, and created these with clear acrylics and vacuum-formed plastic.
For all of the fun in creating and designing dozens of individual monsters, it's clear that there's one star of that particular show (as he'll tell you himself) – Slappy the Dummy. Designing and crafting of Slappy, the lead antagonist and R.L. Stine's alter ego in the film, was impossible without the involvement of several skilled craftspeople.
Ironhead Studio was responsible for the physical creation and mechanics of the Slappy doll. At Letterman's direction, Slappy's face was designed to bear a resemblance to Jack Black as R.L. Stine. An honest-to-goodness ventriloquist's dummy, there are no electronics inside Slappy: all controls are mechanical, requiring the performance of a skilled puppeteer.
After a nationwide search, the job went to puppeteer Avery Lee Jones. Jones could move Slappy with his hand controls in many different ways: head turning side-to-side and all the way around, mouth control, eyes side-to-side, eyes blink, wide-eyed with eyelids retracting, and eyebrow movement.
Jake McKinnon from Ironhead Studio was on set to make sure all was technically on point with the physical puppet.
Following on Jones' performance, there are a few scenes in which Slappy is enhance with computer animation: the most skilled ventriloquist on the planet can't make Slappy walk, so those scenes combine the practical Slappy doll with computerized effects.
The Haunted Car
Rob Letterman went vintage for his pick of The Haunted Car vehicle, opting for a classic 1969 black Lincoln Continental Mark III. Weighing in at 5,000 pounds, this two-door coupe model of a Lincoln is well-known for its Rolls Royce-like grille.
There were two identical cars, found in Florida and Georgia, used during filming. In one of the cars, the special effects department installed an electrical system to create the effect of a glowing grille.
About the VFX Creatures
From the beginning, Rob Letterman's direction to his team was that any creature that could be created practically and captured using live-action actors, would be done just that way. However, some of the planned creatures – from a 12-foot abominable snowman to a 27-foot praying mantis to a bevy of extremely unfriendly garden gnomes – would need to be created in visual effects. The job fell in large measure to Visual Effects Supervisor Erik Nordby, Co-Producer Greg Baxter, and the team at MPC in Vancouver and Montreal. "What makes this movie unique is the vast array of different, unique characters," says Baxter. "A lot of them are featured in their own scenes and set pieces, not fading into the background."
In the end, the VFX team was responsible for the abominable snowman, the werewolf, the gnomes, the man-eating plants, the bug-eyed aliens, the mantis, the blob, the toy robots, and the evil poodle, as well as creating the abandoned amusement part and the Ferris Wheel roll, and recreating several of the practical creatures for wide crowd shots. "Our biggest challenge was just how many different unique creatures there were to design and figure out," says Baxter. "Each of these creatures photographs differently, they move differently, they behave differently, they run in sizes from a tiny little garden gnome to a massive mantis and an even bigger blob."
Following Carlos Huante's initial pass at the creatures, the art department at MPC expanded on the designs for the creatures that would be rendered in VFX, working out details and figuring out how the characters would move.
The goal in the creature designs, according to Nordby, was to strike a balance – to come up with a creature that was just scary enough to give kids goosebumps, but still capturing the comical, fun spirit of the monsters that are the hallmark of Stine's series of books. For one, think of the gnomes, which have a comical, everyday appearance and high-pitched, funny voices, both of which belie their evil intentions.
Another example, which Nordby says approached the challenge from a different direction, is the werewolf. The design, on its face, is an honest-to-goodness werewolf – but then character took over. "Rob dressed him in basketball shorts and sneakers," Nordby continues. "It allowed the younger audience to contextualize it as something more playful, more fun. That was something that he tried to do throughout."
The werewolf, he notes, is actually an exception to one of the filmmakers' rules: here is a humanoid, bipedal creature that was created in CG, rather than makeup. "There was a brief conversation about doing the werewolf practically, but very quickly, we realized that it would be impossible pull off what Rob wanted with a practical creature. His build – a wide upper torso, like a muscular basketball player — the way he moves, the strength, the speed, the ability to run on all fours – the only way to do all of that is in CG."
To assist the filming, a stunt performer acted out as the werewolf. "We could take the movements that the stunt performer gave us as a real-world, physics-based starting point for what the creature could accomplish," says Nordby. "In certain circumstances, we used it as something that we could affect our environment. So, for example, when the werewolf hits the bacon and it all falls down, or when he squishes the fruit and the marshmallow bag, that's the performer doing that."
Setting the scene in a grocery store was another way to up the comic value. "I got to push Jack Black in a shopping cart while being chased by a werewolf," says Dylan Minnette. "Cross that off my bucket list!"
Another massive challenge was to create the Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, affectionately known as Abby to the production. Abby is covered in fur, so designing and planning the creature took tremendous effort. "Abby's fur was going to be one of the most difficult things to make look real," says Baxter. "So early on, we grabbed a whole bunch of different white animal fur pelts and brought in for Rob's feedback. We took the one that ended up being the closest to what he envisioned – long, white fur, like a polar bear's – and we wrapped that around a large sphere and used that as reference." VFX artists usually capture lighting information by taking pictures on each set of two spheres – one gray and one chrome. But on Goosebumps, the artists employed a number of other fur and textured spheres to reference how each individual creature might look when lit for that particular scene.
But Abby's fur was nothing compared to one other creature – one that both Baxter and Nordby cite as the most difficult to create. Which one was it? Unless you work in VFX, you'll never guess. It was the evil poodle, which appears in only six shots in the film but required months of work. "Poodle fur – fur that's extraordinarily tight and coiled – is something that we always try to stay away from in the world of CG, because it's so difficult," says Nordby. "We started that early on, because we knew that it was going to be very complex – and I don't know if it was luck or the sheer amount of talent we had designing it, but we got something feeling completely real within about four or five months."
Always seeking out the best and most practical solution to creature design, the bug-eyed aliens were performers on set, whose heads and hands were replaced by the MPC team in post-production. On set during filming, alien actors were cast as 6'5″ young men weighing 170 pounds or less, and were dressed in skintight suits designed by Ironhead Studio.
In creating the Mantis, the concern was to make absolutely sure that the camera was pulled back enough from the action that the artists would have the room to insert the 27-foot-tall creature. "We put a height reference there, when we were going through the town," says Baxter. "In each of the scenes, we had to find a way to show the camera what isn't there, and how to frame up for it, how to chase it, how to light for it."
All of the creatures had to look real – even the Blob, says Nordby. "We employed all the typical skinning and skeletal buildup from the beginning, so every creature had that built in, and then we added a huge round of rigging to make sure that they moved correctly and had the right weight. All the way down to the blob, the creatures' weight and movement was very physics based. The blob is the one creature in the movie that is the least likely for someone to understand how it exists in our world, just because we've never seen anything that big. We turned to water simulation software, and thickened up that water to a level where it would still behave like water, but a lot slower and with a lot more viscosity." And then they started testing, getting results that ranged from bubblegum to hair gel to a solution that was too liquid. To hit the right design, Nordby says, "We had to take a step back and think of key moments when we needed that character to emote something, one of which is when the blob eventually rises up in front of Stine and becomes this very threatening tidal wave of blobbiness, and ends up forming a bit of a mouth and diving on top of Stine." By focusing on these moments, the design team could concentrate on the design that best suited the character in these pivotal scenes.
Often, locations can be miles apart, then cut together in editing to seem to make it seem like they're right next door to each other. In the case of Goosebumps, however, the Stine and Cooper houses really are right next door to each other, in the Candler Park neighborhood of Atlanta.
Shooting continued at the Decatur Cemetery for the Ghoul ambush, and then ventured to Jonesboro, where the family run grocery store chain, Wayfield Foods, was used during the late night hours for the Werewolf chase sequence. The Abominable Snowman chase sequence was filmed at the Ice Forum ice rink in Marietta.
Many of the interiors were shot on stage in Conyers, including the interior Stine's study, which kicks off the adventure; the sequence in which the gnomes attack in Stine's kitchen; and the interior Fun House sequence.
Creating the Stine's Study set was one of the more creatively fulfilling and enjoyable challenges faced by production designer Sean Haworth. "In Stine's Study we, we were trying to find the perfect environment for Stine to channel his imagination and creativity," he says. "We had to find the texture and the items that would feed his soul. We displayed items that the reclusive Stine would have picked upon his travels…magic cameras, shrunken heads, Mayan pottery, archeology books, books on the occult, a paperweight that had a praying mantis in it…We tried to infuse some humor into our array of displayed items."
But the study is also home to the Goosebumps manuscripts that house the creatures that fuel Stine's fears. "The Goosebumps manuscripts are interesting because they've essentially become Stine's prison," says Haworth. "They have become the keeper of his imagination. We designed the books as miniature vaults in themselves – locked-away worlds. Then we spent some time trying to figure out how to show off and showcase the books. For that reason, they are front and center in the library, in their own shrine."
To create the exterior of the abandoned amusement park, the filmmakers pulled of one of the largest builds on the film on the back lot at the Conyers stage location. Production designer Sean Haworth created a world that was common and simple. "Rob didn't want a world that was overdesigned," says Haworth. "He wanted it to feel relatable, and in a way familiar."
To give the abandoned park a creepy feel, Haworth took the happy elements of an amusement park and then dimmed and aged them. The fun house, the wacky shack, the merry go round, the Ferris wheel – all are now decayed in Haworth's vision.
For the sequences in the town – including the car chase sequences – the filmmakers chose the town of Madison, a historic town with a population of 4,000 people. This location is one of the main reasons Letterman decided to shoot in Georgia: Letterman fell in love with the quaint charm of the town and the willingness of the community to get involved and be supportive of filming. The clock tower on the two-hundred-year-old courthouse in the Madison town square was a perfect fit for the nostalgic tone he was going for in Goosebumps. Says Letterman, "Madison felt like Anytown, U.S.A."
DeKalb School of the Arts in Avondale became the location for the multiple high school scenes in the film, including the huge high school dance action sequence, as 500 extras in the gymnasium discover the town is under attack by Stine's creations. The school's mural was transformed to read Madison Devils as the fictitious film mascot.
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Holidays are all about kids and family. Reduce your stress and plan ahead! Alan Plevy shares some extremely helpful tips to make this holiday season easier. Alan is a co-founding principal and family law attorney at SmolenPlevy in suburban Washington, DC. With almost 40 years of experience, Alan is regularly named a 'Top Lawyer' by Washingtonian magazine. He is known for being a tenacious litigator and negotiator who is zealously devoted to his clients.
Leanne: 00:05 Welcome to Life Lafter Divorce episode 97. I am your host Leanne Linsky.
The Boyfriend: 00:10 And I'm The Boyfriend.
The Boyfriend: 01:28 You're not going to use the r word?
Leanne: 01:29 Resolution? I'm staying away from it. Yeah, you can use it. You can use the word resolution. Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that, but if there's a new year's resolution or something that you want to jumpstart to get your year started off in the right foot, why don't you sign up for Your Free Life Coaching session with me? I have one per person that I am giving out and you could go ahead and click on that tab on the website and schedule your, your session.
The Boyfriend: 01:55 It sends you a link or send you a calendar. And you go from there, right?
Leanne: 02:00 You basically click on the link and you pick a date and time that works for you when you schedule. He hasn't scheduled one with me.
The Boyfriend: 02:08 I have no idea.
Leanne: 02:25 there can be so many different things, would be kids.
The Boyfriend: 02:31 Oh yeah. We don't have any of those.
Leanne: 03:06 think of that, but the single selfish people that we are, we don't, but we know we, we talked to a lot of our friends who have kids and they're going through divorce or have have gone through divorce and you know, it's really important to really think of those kids before ourselves at a lot through this whole thing.
The Boyfriend: 03:29 Especially during the holidays. It is time for family and you want to make the most of that time, but when you're, when the kids have to be split to split time between the families, you got to make sure that it's good for them. Right?
The Boyfriend: 04:08 Body language, the whole deal. So you want to treat your ex fairly and kindly, right?
Leanne: 04:15 We do, yeah. But there's even more than that.
The Boyfriend: 04:19 You, you're the one you have access, did you?
Leanne: 04:22 Yeah. Gosh, it was so long ago and I didn't have any kids but she's a big deal. Right? So you can just let the horse was in Vegas. It was almost as quick as the wedding itself. It wasn't as challenging as what so many people endure and you know, when it comes to planning with kids, boyfriend, you and I are probably definitely not the experts in this area, you know, and we're kind of reaching. So that's why I'm excited about our guest this week because he really filled us in on, I think a lot of the gaps that we had in some of our conversations about how to plan better for the holidays when you have a family.
The Boyfriend: 05:06 So tell me about him.
The Boyfriend: 05:48 listen to it all. There's a little bonus at the end.
Leanne: 05:50 Exactly. There's a little bonus in the end. They are going to go, Ooh, I'm glad I listened and I'm going to make note of that and call my attorney. So without further ado, Mr Allen Plevy.
Leanne: 06:18 So Allen, welcome to Life Lafter Divorce podcast.
Alan Plevy: 06:22 Well, thank you for inviting me, Leanne.
Leanne: 06:24 Yes, I'm excited to have you on because the holidays are a really tough time for a lot of people. And as an attorney, I'm sure you kind of feel the brunt of that.
Alan Plevy: 06:36 Well, I do. My clients feel the brunt of it and quite frankly, the children feel the brunt of it. The parents are, are out of sync with things are worried about holidays and gifts and getting together with family and big dinners and then having to worry about, well, how's my ex spouse going to really mess this up for me?
Leanne: 08:22 and it seems like that makes perfect sense and it does, right? So if we can coordinate a plan ahead, all should run smoothly. But what about those couples where things are pretty heated? Our one person is just doing everything in their power to make it difficult to the other. For the other.
Alan Plevy: 08:39 You mean the normal course of business? Unfortunately that becomes very difficult. The best way to handle that is by thinking ahead and going to your mediator or going to court or whatever it takes to get somebody to help you work out an agreement, but if you're, if you're basically flying by the seat of your pants and you got somebody that's not going to cooperate, you've got to make your plans and stick to him and, and tell the other person, and this is where we're going to be, this is where the children are going to be. I can bring them over on this day for you, and so forth and, and, and you can't make somebody cooperate, but you can make it a little difficult for them not to cooperate.
Leanne: 09:23 Right. Well, what have you ever seen, I'm sure because you've been an attorney for a long time, but what has been your, like a worst case for somebody that you've seen?
Alan Plevy: 09:35 Well, it is an easy example is people are living to people live across town from each other and they agree that they're going to meet at Starbucks. Well, unfortunately their perspective of which Starbucks is going to be mad at, you know, if I'm living on the east side, I'm going to go the east side, Starbucks, they're living on the west side, just going to be the west side. Starbucks. So be specific. And so the last thing you want to do is leave your children. Well mom will be here in a little bit or dad will be here. Dad said he'd be here at 1:00. It's five after one. I need to leave. Don't leave your children, don't leave your shoulders, stay with them. again, try to make it easy for the children.
Leanne: 10:18 Yeah. Wow. People do that. I'm that sad in my mind that you just leave your kid at any Starbucks stuff. That's scary. And I'm wondering like, do you know if people when they're coordinating this stuff because a lot of times, you know, everything's text and emails and everything. Have you found that anybody's found any sort of APP or any sort of other all out of the box thinking solution to do the scheduling?
Alan Plevy: 10:43 Well, there are a lot of apps. There's calendars that are online, but my experiences, if you got somebody that's unwilling to go operate, you're not going to get them to agree to even download an APP or download. And Myself, I'm a, I'm a relatively simple guys, so if I can send it a text or send an email and you and somebody writes back and says, yeah, that's fine, that's okay. You got an agreement, Nice. And then take it from there. Don't try to force the other person to use a, some type of research or, or a APP that they don't want to use or for one reason or another they don't want to download or something like that or create another password and username. We all have thousands of those.
Alan Plevy: 11:32 keep it simple and that's the best way.
Leanne: 11:36 Okay, excellent. So when it comes to planning, what about gifts?
Alan Plevy: 11:42 Well, gifts can be really exciting, especially for the children. you know, you don't want to be competitive with the other person. And unfortunately, that such natural, children really don't care about the gifts that much they want to be with the one to be with the family. They wanted to be with their mother or their father or the mother's father, mother's family are and so forth. And that's the way it is. you also run into problems when you have second marriages and you're, you're trying to coordinate and, and trying to coordinate guests. Competition is not good. Then in many situations where I had one dad, one suit tell me, he says, well, I'm thinking about getting my child snake for for Christmas. What do you, what do you think about that? I said, well, you know, so long as you're willing to feed the steak and take care of the steak when, when your son's not there, that's fine.
Alan Plevy: 13:35 well spending, time reading and so forth. But children, they see a lot of commercialization of the holidays and they tend to expect stuff and, and you know, some folks going through divorce don't have as much money as other folks and good time to teach your children that. Maybe show them how they can help donate to salvation army when you walk out of a supermarket and put a dollar in and, and they can feel good about that.
Leanne: 14:04 Right? So have you done, have you seen a way where parents. Well it sounds like you've seen obviously the worst where a drum set, you read my mind because that's exactly what I'm wondering. Like have you ever seen something that really surprised you or parents really coordinated in it and did an outstanding effort for their kids?
Alan Plevy: 14:27 It happens more when you hear about is bad case. It happens more often where people do coordinate where they have the calendar on the refrigerator and your mom and I and dad and I have spoken and this is where you're going to go and this is where your step siblings are going to be and they've the important, you know, we were going to get you, we're going to get you this and it's going to be a bicycle and you know, mom's buying it and I'm buying it were all chipping in and I'm going to be a gift that can go back from back and forth from one house to the next and, and those sorts of special time. So those are the cases that, that unfortunately you don't hear about it enough.
Alan Plevy: 15:15 and you know, going back to the animals, if both parties can agree on a little fuzzy dog and the dog goes back and forth from one house to the next, depending on what the schedule for visitation is for the child.
Alan Plevy: 15:39 it would make those transitions easier too.
Leanne: 15:42 Right. Excellent. Well I'm wondering like you know, these are great and there are going to be those exceptions and around holiday times, like if, if things are escalating, if, if one parent is dating and the other is not, or one person starts drinking more than the other and there might be some conflict and one isn't behaving like an adult. What, what do you, what do you recommend for the one that is ready to behave like adults?
Alan Plevy: 16:11 Well, I find that that people behave better in a crowd and if it's a one-on-one situation or if you think that there's going to be some difficulty with an exchange of a child, do it in public and, and possibly not in, not in the middle of a parking lot, but at a Starbucks or, or the local grocery store or someplace like that because people don't want to act bad or look bad when they're in public and we're. Or if it's necessary, then bring a family member or what have you. because it just helps to calm down the situation. It's never good.
Alan Plevy: 17:03 well you have Christmas dinner or, or whatever holiday you're celebrating and everybody's drinking the Eggnog or what have you. And all of a sudden grandma starts dissing the other parents. I've got news for you that, that's, that's not only bad, but it's going to play against you. It's going to play against grandma and it's going to play against the father or mother that's letting that happen because the child's going to want to come the next year or not to want to come for Easter or for the next birthday or whatever because they, you know, this is a parent that they love, whether it's mother or father and they want that they should be respected. The children's should be. And not, not to have a uncle disregard something or something somebody said or didn't say. So parents should tell parents the children and the parents of the children should tell the family, okay, look, let's make just a happy time.
Alan Plevy: 18:05 Let's let mom keep it calm. Don't say anything bad against our and let, let's, let's make it happy and let's make a good. I'll have a good time and try to give them a heads up that this could be an issue. and, and one thing to say to them is, look, you don't want child being upset and not wanting to come back and visit. You don't want to lose the grandchild. You don't want to lose a nice, you know, don't, let's not let that happen because I'm not going to let it happen and if you let your family know that you're not going to stand up port that you are going to stand up for it and, and not let it happen, then that's gonna be better for the children and frankly better between your relationship with the other spouse because the child is going to say good things about you.
Leanne: 18:53 Right? So true. And that it does really matter because kids hear everything. They really pick up on that very quickly.
Leanne: 19:16 right? They pick up on this, the tension in the room. So great. Great idea to have those conversations in advance and I'm wondering like when it comes to these things, you know, when one parent is now gone and you know, holidays in the past, like last Christmas or last New Year's or last Hanukkah, we did Xyz, but we don't do them anymore. What about creating these new traditions are doing new things, like some people will suddenly start going on vacations. Do you find that this is helpful or. And how so?
Alan Plevy: 19:50 I think traditions are great, because kids, again, it's the planning, it's knowing what's going to happen and it's easy and you don't need to go on vacation, you know, certainly I'm sure everybody likes to, but everybody cannot do that. You can bake cookies and take it down to the local firehouse. Those guys would love to have that stuff or go caroling or, or, or go ice skating. Even in California, I'm sure there's ice skating rinks somewhere and you know, and, and just find a new tradition, bring food to the homeless. invite somebody into the house that a neighbor that, that may be alone for the holidays and things along those lines at the feel good stuff. The stuff that makes children know that a love that things are going according to plan. I'm going to have a restaurant, you know, and just go to that restaurant for, for big events, birthdays or anniversaries or holidays.
Alan Plevy: 20:53 And that's, that's the restaurant. That's the happy restaurant, things along those lines. It is always helpful and it gives you a, gives you a plan, you know, it's not like you need to come up with a new idea every year. You don't have to. We're going to do this, we're gonna do the same old idea but, and we're going to enjoy it and the kids are gonna grow up earlier and guess what the, if you, if you do this with your children, your children are going to grow up with these types of ideas and, and bring food to the needy and take care of other people and feel good about it.
Leanne: 21:29 Yeah. So true. And I really liked that your examples aren't about spending money or out and I wouldn't imagine that they would, especially coming from attorney, but it's not about going out and out doing somebody. It's not about being competitive, but actually what I'm hearing is go and help those others that maybe less fortunate or might benefit from you kind of giving a new sense of purpose to your family. Like is because a lot of times people get into that spiral where they think, oh, things are so bad because this is happening to us, but instead they can flip it and be like, what can we do to help other people who have it so much worse?
Alan Plevy: 22:04 Well, like you said, usually as bad as you think you might have, that there's somebody that unfortunately, that has it worse than you. If you can show your children and, and frankly for your own self worth, do something to help somebody else, that's a nice thing, a nice thing and a good habit to teach your children. That's, that's the best lesson. Not letting an a so and so bad mouth the other parent. But the best lesson is by setting an example for your children.
Leanne: 22:34 Yeah, absolutely. Well, is there anything else that has come up and over the holidays that you don't normally, we don't normally think of that can blindside us?
Alan Plevy: 22:44 Well, I, I like to tell him like my clients, men, women that represent both, you know, if you're not healthy, if you're not healthy, then you can't be healthy for your children. And you got to take care of yourself first. So there's gonna be times during the holiday that you may be alone, you may not have family in the area, your children are off, and this may be the first Christmas or holiday when the children are off and you're alone and you don't have them. Plan a plan a plan on doing something for yourself. Take care of yourself, whatever it may be, even if it's a simple as a bubble bath or a nice long hike in the woods somewhere, but do it for yourself so that you feel good. And then your children can benefit from that because if you're not healthy, you children are going to be healthy.
Leanne: 23:34 Yeah, that's excellent because it's really time for some self care and let go of some of that anxiety and stress and tension that builds up worrying about all that. And especially being alone. If you're not used to being alone and you've been married for some time and suddenly, like you said, this is a first, I might hit you really hard.
Alan Plevy: 23:55 It's going to be a difficult time. There's no question about it, but you're going to get past it and the second time will be easier, but again, fresh air or whatever it is that makes you happy, do it. There's nothing wrong with it. There's nothing wrong with taking care of yourself.
Leanne: 24:12 You know, these are all such really great ideas and you know, it's something that seems to make so much sense, but we tend to forget about it at times like these, if there is, if there, if there are people out there going through this divorce experience and they are those people that we do hear about that are having a hard time or in high conflict. Is this a place where you would recommend them reaching out to you or a mediator or who would you recommend that when it comes to planning and having trouble managing that with the other partner?
Alan Plevy: 24:44 Well, if you're having trouble, I got to tell you to reach out to an attorney. But, one of the first questions I always ask my clients are, who's your therapist? They tell us that I'm going through a divorce is one of the, is the pinnacle of the pyramid as far as the emotional distress short of having a child pass away before yourself. so this is, this is a hard time and recognize it and recognize there's gonna. Be a rollercoaster. Speak to your attorney. What can I expect? What's going to happen? What's going to happen now? What if we do this? What are we going to go? How long is this going to take? These are all questions your attorney can attain the answer for you. And again, just like the children, as long as you know the roadmap and you know where you're going to go and when you're going to get there and how you're going to get there, then you're feeling less, less anxiety in the holidays are certainly filled with anxiety, whether it's getting, getting back to family that you haven't seen for awhile or, or the kids not being with you for the first Christmas in 10 years.
Leanne: 25:52 Yes. So true. This is also great. Is there any last pieces and words of wisdom that you'd like to leave us on before we all go into this, this holiday month in a. In a flurry?
Alan Plevy: 26:06 Yeah. Relax. Take it easy as they say. Don't sweat the small stuff and just have a good time with your children.
Leanne: 26:15 Yeah. Yeah. Keep it simple. This is so wonderful, Alan. I really appreciate you taking the time and walking us through this. I, it's such a good reminder. It seems like we should know this, but I feel again, it just, this time of year we get wrapped up into so many things and things escalate so quickly. It's like you said, just relax. Let, let, take a breath.
Alan Plevy: 26:38 I'm glad. I'm glad we've had an opportunity to talk so that I can share this. I've been doing this for quite a while and again, it's the simple things. It's a quiet things that make things easier.
Alan Plevy: 26:55 starting in January. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Well, we have the, we have the issue with the alimony going on and starting January first where it's no longer deductible by the payor and the pages are going to be paying, paying taxes on it.
Alan Plevy: 27:11 Yes. That, that law changed after some 40 or 50 years. Alimony will no longer be tax deductible unless there's a degree, unless there's an agreement or court order making it tax deductible before the first of the year.
Leanne: 27:30 That is a huge tip for our listeners. If you are thinking better, better check that out. You got to get a few weeks left.
Alan Plevy: 27:39 Well, absolutely. It's an important important thing to think about.
Leanne: 27:44 Yeah, it is. It can make a huge difference next year. Well, this has been wonderful. I'm going to be sure to include all of your contact information in our show notes and on the website so people can know where to find you and how to reach out if they have any questions. and we will look forward to getting through this holiday seasons by following these simple tips. This is great. I don't even have, I don't even have kids that I'm going to follow these things.
Leanne: 28:15 so nice speaking with you. Have a great holiday.
Alan Plevy: 28:18 Thank you. You as well.
Leanne: 28:19 All right. Bye Bye.
Alan Plevy: 28:20 Bye Bye.


Double bill of children's animated features following the adventures of the teenage residents of the magical boarding school Ever After High. In 'Spring Unsprung' (2015) the Spring Fairest is in full swing at Ever After High. But after Kitty (voice of Bekka Prewitt)'s mother the Cheshire Cat unleashes a curse that causes the students to act in the opposite way from their true self the Wonderland kids must work together to restore normality to the fairy tale world and save their friends. In 'Thronecoming' (2014) the Storybook of Legends disappears, leaving Apple (Jonquil Goode) and Raven (Erin Fitzgerald) to go in search of it during the Thronecoming celebrations.