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Peril of the President Mini Movie
The President is in danger! There is no escape. Only the hope of a brave security officer who might be able to save the day. What will happen? Find out in Peril of the President! Here’s a bit of the story behind the thriller. The Camp David scene was in the lobby of the community center we were staying at. But a group of kids were already in the lobby so we couldn’t shoot cause they’d be too loud and get in the shots. The other option was to do it at our house which I didn’t want to do cause it didn’t capture what I had in mind. So…
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LEGO Mission Impossible 6 Helicopter Chase
Your Mission, should you choose to accept it… read this article about my LEGO Mission Impossible 6 helicopter chase scene. After seeing the action packed movie, I was inspired to recreate the epic helicopter chase scene with LEGO’s. The helicopter itself was quite a challenge, everything from the landing gear to the tail. I used techniques I don’t normally use which was really fun working with. I did my best to keep all the details from the movie, the hatch doors, cockpit, even the lettering on the tail. Fun fact, after filming the helicopter chase they had a total of 70 hours of footage which was whittled down to seven…
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Athens Travel Diary
Athens, the capitol of Greece is packed with culture and history that lines its streets. The city’s main attraction is the Acropolis. Built high above the city of Athens, Acropolis literally means upper city. In the center of it all is the Pantheon, dedicated to Athena. It’s now a sand-colored row of columns but in the past, it was hard marble and would have glowed in the Greek sun. It’s been discussed whether the name of the city came from the goddess of wisdom Athena or she took her name from the city. One of the stories behind the name of the city is that Poseidon, the god of the…
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Young Achiever Tom Holland
Thomas Stanley Holland, the star of Spider-man is renowned for his incredible performances on stage and on set from the West End to Hollywood. He’s been in over 20 movies winning 15 awards. But before all that, his life started out like any young kid. Tom was born in Kingston upon the Thames in London and has three younger siblings. He went to Donhead, a preparatory school for education, followed by Wimbledon College. Holland had an interest in dancing and performing but was bullied a lot in school for it. This story sound familiar? One of his early acts was in 2008. Tom had begun dancing at a hip hop…
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British Columbia – Travel Diary Season 3
On the northwest side of Canada lies British Columbia. Full of lakes, mountains and glaciers, it’s a stunning place. One of British Columbia’s unique attractions is the Columbia ice fields. It formed between 238,000 to 126,000 BCE. This was close to the time when humans were learning to farm near the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile rivers over 10,000 kilometers away. It’s elevation is over 3,000 meters above sea level and it’s 1,000 feet of solid ice. It receives 21 feet of snowfall every year and the melt waters from it’s three major glaciers feeds six oceans. Fun fact, did you know there are 2 million lakes in Canada? Bet you…
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The Universe and You series
Have you ever wished for something and then when the opportunity arises, you give all the excuses why not to do the thing you wished for? Well that’s what this is about. In this new series we give powerful points in funny scenes. Today it’s Cake Day! It was in Canada. My family and I had been watching an inspirational series by Kyle Cease. He talks a lot about how the universe is always trying help you realize your potential while you ignore it. One night my mom and I came up with this wacky idea. What if we did a video series about the Universe? We had so much…
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Animals: The New Generation Excerpt 1
When I was 10 years old I had an idea for a book (I actually had a lot of ideas but this was one of the first ones I acted on). I call it Animals: The New Generation. I got the idea for the book from the books I read and movies I watched. Over time as I started getting more into reading, I came across storylines that gave me ideas for my own writing. One example is the Rangers Apprentice series by John Flanagan. Those are some of my favorite books. My book Animals is a story about a 16 year old boy named Aiden who discovers that he’s…
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Word of the Year: TRUST
Trust, that’s my word for the year. Trust myself. Last year, my word was speaking up for myself (ok, that’s not really a word but just bear with me for a minute). I chose the idea of speaking up for myself last year because I wanted to learn how to speak up for what I truly want. I wanted to express my feelings, and be able to say no. Yep, you know that word. So after accomplishing the art of speaking up for myself, including in front of an audience of thousands at Mindvalley University, I am now moving toward trusting myself to make a decision and not doubt it.…
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The Greatest Showman – LEGO Model
After seeing the dazzling circus musical movie I was inspired to build this LEGO set. I enjoy building LEGO models based on movies, places or stories I’ve seen. I decided to build the circus building where most of the movie takes place. It was a tough but fun build. I knew from the start I didn’t want to just have the building. I wanted functions and details. One of them is the trapeze where Anne Wheeler (Zendaya) flies above the show below. The characters were also fun to make. Since the director wanted the movie to be bright and colorful I got to use lots of different pieces to help…
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The Young Achievers Series
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question we probably have all been asked as kids. The question implies that when I grow up I’ll do this or that. Why not right now? Who is stopping you from starting? At the age of 8, I traveled to Europe for the first time. At the age of 12, my family and I became nomadic, traveling across America before spending five months in seven countries around Europe. Since then I traveled to nine new countries in 2019, wrote two books, created a video about Mindvalley University that has been shown on their platforms which have over 735k…
