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Development shops can spend significant time on integration when building services in a number of different programming languages within the same application infrastructure. One newer project in the Apache Software Foundation Incubator, Thrift, can let developers build services that communicate across a number of languages automatically.
When social network Facebook began scaling to larger and larger proportions, its engineers soon realized that PHP, which the site was based on, would not scale the way they wanted. Before long the company engineers began building services and components in languages like C++, Ruby, Python, and Erlang. Facebook originally developed the open source Thrift framework to automatically generate the code new services would need to communicate with the PHP front end, said Mark Slee, a software engineer at Facebook. Thrift lets you define data types and interfaces for a service in an agnostic language and it then generates code to read and write all those data types and services in each target language. While some of Thrift's benefits are mostly relevant in large scale infrastructures, Slee continued, any enterprise where interfaces change might find its seamless version upgrade features useful.
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Samoa demolishes American Samoa 92-0 in Oceania U19 tourney
The American Samoa Under 19 national team suffered a massive 92-0 defeat at the hands of a much more experienced Samoa side which outplayed and outclassed them in all aspects of the game.
But despite the dismal score, American Samoa coach Leaupepe Terry Chang remained optimistic that his team will improve if they work hard to rectify the mistakes they made in Monday's game.
Leaupepe revealed that this is the second time American Samoa has competed in this tournament, the first time was in 2010, and only four members of the 2010 squad are included in this year's squad. The players were the youngest in the team back in 2010 and did not get any time on the field.
"This is also the first time I have coached a national team," the coach revealed. "So, we are rookies in the international arena! Despite the thrashing we received, I was happy to see that our boys were right there in the thick of things, giving as much as they were taking with regard to the physical side of the game.
"However, it was skills and set plays that Samoa had the upper hand," Leaupepe said.
Asked how he got the national Under 19 Coach job, Leaupepe said that he and four other local coaches applied and were interviewed. With certificates for level 1 and 2 plus his coaching experience which spans some 20 years right up to his current coaching stint with the Marist American Samoa team, he was selected for his first national coaching assignment.
Leaupepe said that being selected to coach an American Samoa national team is an honor and privilege, but getting the team together for training and preparation was another thing altogether!
"Unlike Samoa where they have hundreds of players to choose from, the American Samoa Rugby Union had to advertise for interested players and we had to make do with the few who applied," he revealed.
He also said that many could not attend training sessions because of other commitments and they only had about a month to prepare.
"Now if you compare that with Samoa side we played which according to a SRU official, fielded 12 players who were part of the Under 20 squad who competed in the Under 20 World Cup competition in South Africa this year, you have to give our boys credit," Coach Leaupepe said.
"Those 12 players were all under 19 years of age but their physique and stamina were way beyond that of our players because they had the facilities where they body build and instructors are available.
"Like they say, the journey of a hundred miles starts with first step," the coach pointed out.
"American Samoa rugby is just starting its international journey and we have to support our players the best we can. We need to give them more international exposure because that is the only way we can improve. That is how Manu Samoa got to where it is at right now and that is the path that Talavalu should take!"
The game between the two Samoas was the third and final match of the first day of the Oceania Under 19 Tournament 2012 coordinated by the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU). Earlier, Vanuatu defeated the Solomon Islands 55-8 and Tonga demolished Papua New Guinea with 58 unanswered points.
American Samoa will take to the field for their second game against Papua New Guinea at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Apia Park.


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Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said he was pained by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark in the Lok Sabha that coalition partners were giving him trouble.
The president of the Nationalist Congress Party, which has 15 MPs in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, said: "We have been working with the Central government for seven to eight years and the NCP has not opposed any of the government decisions. Such statements by the Prime Minister are making me restless."
Asked about the possibility that the remark was aimed at other allies and not the NCP, Mr Pawar said since no party was specified, it was a general statement and this was causing him grief. He called a press conference here to specifically give his reaction to Dr. Singh's remark.
The Prime Minister, in his reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address, had said: "I am sure that the hon. Members also realise that the difficult decisions that we have to take are made more difficult by the fact that we are a coalition Government and we have to evolve policy keeping in mind the need to maintain a consensus."
"We believe in coalition dharma"
Mr. Pawar said the NCP was a significant coalition partner and it had done nothing to displease the Centre. "We are a disciplined party and we believe in the coalition dharma." The NCP had decided to be part of the coalition and it would stick to that.
Last Tuesday, at a meeting of the UPA coordination committee, it was decided that the allies would meet daily and the process was started. A decision was taken to work together and discuss everything. The Prime Minister did not raise the issue at that meeting. It was one of the coalition partners which raised the issue of their working together, Mr. Pawar said.
The NCP leader said he did not attend that meeting as he was unwell and sent Union Heavy Industries Praful Patel.
Mr. Pawar said he was speaking out and defending his party but he did not expect anything from the Prime Minister.
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Astros minor leaguer tweets sexist comment about ESPN broadcaster Jessica Mendoza
Amid the National League's wild card game between the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets, Astros farmhand Brooks Marlow decided the time was right to criticize ESPN broadcaster Jessica Mendoza.
Marlow, 23, tweeted that "no lady" should be on ESPN commenting on a baseball game, "specially Mendoza."
Prior to joining ESPN, Mendoza was a four-time All-American softball outfielder at Stanford. She was also a member of the U.S. national team for six years, helping the squad bring home gold from the 2004 Olympic games in Athens and silver from Beijing in 2008.
Although Marlow indicated his tweet was directed toward Mendoza, his "no lady" prelude conveys that women are not qualified to discuss baseball, in his opinion. Most likely realizing this, Marlow removed the tweet, made his account private, then made his account public again and tweeted an apology.
Marlow has since deleted the apology.
Marlow was taken in the 29th round of the 2015 draft out of the University of Texas by the Astros. The infielder put up a .205/.302/.329 slash line in 74 games at high-A Lancaster during the 2016 season. Marlow garnered 45 RBIs and struck out 70 times with the JetHawks.
The Astros released the following statement: "The Houston Astros do not condone the tweet posted by one of our minor league players earlier this evening. We have communicated with the player, who agreed that his tweet was inappropriate and insensitive and has since apologized. We also apologize to Ms. Mendoza, who is an outstanding broadcaster that we have had the pleasure of working with this season."
The Astros have released the following statement: pic.twitter.com/AiZjFKKCRQ— Houston Astros (@astros) October 6, 2016
Marlow ended his eventful evening by deleting his Twitter account.
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Citrix acquires Cloud.com- will it be enough?
Citrix will acquire platform startup Cloud.com to bolster its private cloud product line.
Cloud.com is a three year old software startup that makes a cloud computing platform: management and messaging software to turn a commodity hardware stack of servers and virtualization into a cloud platform, like Amazon Web Services. Citrix will be integrating Cloud.com into its cloud product lineup, which is basically VDI, GoToWhatever and unicorn snot at the moment.
The Cupertino-based ex-startup is one of the more mature cloud platform gambits, like Eucalyptus. It was already a Citrix partner and has a string of decent names in its badge collection; online game giant Zygna is a customer, currently in the process of building out it's own personal cloud after living on AWS for some time; it's using Cloud.com's CloudStack in both cases, a telling example of the software's versatility.
The deal is a nice exit for Cloud.com, founded by virtualization veteran Sheng Liang; it was rapidly able to collect and deliver on big customers and apparently the platform is solid, technologically. But it's a bigger deal for Citrix, which has been, if not exactly sinking under the waves, not making a great deal of progress.
Now it has a valid, honest to goodness cloud stack to offer users that's compatible to a T with Citrix's Xen hypervisor and the crowd-pleasing OpenStack project. Cloud.com has said it is merging its code base for CloudStack with OpenStack, so Cirtix gets a double whammy with this buy. This won't rock the cloud boat all that much; mostly it means Citrix isn't doomed to being adonut spare fifth wheel on the HP, IBM, Microsoft and EMC/Cisco/VMware cloud wagon.


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Are Orthodox Jews Sexist? (The Blog Version)
I recently released the latest episode of "Jew in the City" with a guest appearance by Mayim Bialik. The video has gotten an overwhelmingly positive response, but there have been some negative comments posted on various websites too. I was called an "apologist" in at least one place, but I must set the record straight – and my husband will vouch for me on this one – I generally do whatever I can to avoid apologizing.
I would, however, like to clarify something about the video since we cut out a small section for artistic reasons (as it was dragging on), but that I wish was left in content-wise. I mentioned that of course there are some sexist Orthodox Jews out there, just as there are, unfortunately, a certain number of liars, cheaters, and thieves within the Orthodox community.
The main point that I hoped to get across, though, is that except for a few isolated instances, in the dozen years since I've become observant, I've seen tremendous respect and honor given to women, mothers, and wives in the Orthodox world. In my Conservative Jewish household growing up, my parents had and still have a great marriage, but my father was a bit old-fashioned in his view of women. He didn't want my mother to work once she had children and was never particularly helpful around the house. (In his defense, he wasn't around very much because he worked so hard, but he did provide a nice life for his family.) Both of my parents (as well as my two sisters) became observant a decade ago (after me), and ironic as it sounds, since my father has become Orthodox, he's been more helpful and attentive to my mother's needs than ever before.
I considered myself a feminist, even at an early age. I never studied feminism in a formal way, but it always seemed logical that as a woman I'd want women to be treated well. My older sister went off to college a year before me and minored in gender studies which basically sealed the deal that I would NOT do the same. (Hey, we middle children have to define ourselves in some way!) So though I never took a single feminism class in college, I remained committed to living a life where I felt free to make my own choices and find a husband who valued and respected me (and was more helpful than my father!).
I was initially wary of Orthodox Judaism and its treatment of women. I was raised to believe, as many people are, that women are subjugated, second-class citizens in Orthodox society. But then I started meeting religious Jews and my experiences were vastly different than the rumors I had grown up with. At one of my first Shabbos dinners at the local assistant rabbi's house, I remember being blown away by how helpful the rabbi was during the meal. He served the dishes, cleared the plates, was very involved with the kids. I remember whispering to my friend, "I can't believe how helpful he is." And then a moment later he playfully came over and whispered to us, "he also has excellent hearing!"
Not only have I met respectful, attentive husbands, I've also met strong, educated women who voice their opinions, have jobs outside the home (if they choose to), and seem quite content with their lives. Do they do all the same things that their husbands do within Judaism or life in general? No – but neither I nor any of my friends have ever felt that our differences within Judaism held us back in any way.
Are there Orthodox women out there that do feel slighted in some way and want to have religious roles more similar to men? Definitely, but from what I've seen, these women are in the minority and many have found an outlet for their needs through left-wing Orthodox groups which try to create leadership and prayer roles for women (similar to men) within the boundaries of Jewish law. (My goal is not to tell anyone here what to do or not do, but the personal conclusion that I've come to concerning these groups is that I'm happy with the way things are already, and even if something is technically allowed within Jewish law, I feel most comfortable when tradition is kept in mind as well.)
When I was first becoming religious, I was trying to work through various gender differences in traditional Judaism. I thought about how I would never want my husband to sit at the head of our Shabbos table because that would imply that he had some extra power or prominence over me. I decided that we'd get a round table, with no head, so everyone would know we were equal. I also thought that it didn't make sense that the husband customarily makes the blessings over the food for everyone during the meal if I, as a woman, could make them too.
And then I met my husband, who's probably a bigger feminist than I am. He would have been fine with any shaped table. He would have been fine if I made some of the blessings during the meal, but when it came right down to it, I realized that I didn't actually care! I didn't need to sit in a certain spot to know that I was elevated in my husband's eyes. And I knew that he secretly liked sitting at the head of the table, in the traditional patriarch-of-the-family-spot, so I enjoyed letting him have it. (Incidentally, he always gives me the most comfortable chair whenever there's ever a choice!)
During the first few years of our marriage when my husband was in school and around much more often, he did the majority of the shopping and quite a bit of the cooking and cleaning, but I still liked baking the challah myself every Shabbos and having him make the blessing over it. It was just this nice way for both of us to share in the experience. Yes, it was completely traditional to do it in such a way – he could have baked it and I could have blessed it – there's no law that says it can't be done like that – but something just felt nice about doing it more traditionally.
And since my husband started his job a few months ago, leaving more of the Shabbos preparation up to me, it's my pleasure to cook him his favorite foods. Not because I have to, but because I love him and I know how happy it makes him when he catches the smell of Shabbos even before he walks through the front door. He brings home the most beautiful bouquets to me every Friday afternoon on his way home from work in honor of Shabbos. Again – so traditional, but other than the occassional frustrations that everyone has, this system seems to be working quite well for us.
Perhaps my feeling happy and comfortable with such a traditional set-up is that I was able to strike a balance that worked for me. I could have had a career outside the home. I could have been a full-time stay at home mom. I could be part of the left-wing Orthodox groups or I could have chosen to never have become Orthodox in the first place!
I did my best to educate myself and see what was out there before I made any decisions, but I fear that too many people base their opinions of Orthodox Jews on rumors and stereotypes. So I wanted (as a real, live Orthodox woman) to get a chance to explain what my personal experience has been, and I encourage everyone to take the opportunity to see it for themselves and come to their own conclusions.
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Leslie Clay : August 4, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Thank you for this post. I think some of the rumors and sterotypes could be prevented if perhaps not traditional/orthodox jews and perhaps their neighbors could be more open to each other. I live in an orthodox neighborhood in Williamsburg Bklyn. I am one of 2 non-orthodox people who live on my floor (15 apts). I try my best to be a good neighbor but I have to admit that it have to steel myself when I get in the elevator and the men fight to get off the elevator first just so they don't have to get in with me or if I say good morning to the women (I don't speak to the men as I was told this was disrepectful) I don't even get a nod. Its very frustrating and maybe because I am a single AA women they feel uncomfortable but imagine how I feel…everyone around me is married with children and I just want to feel comfortable where I live. Anyway, I can go on and on but I just want to personally thank you for sharing information about yourself and about Judiasm. Thank you again!!!
Galina : August 4, 2009 at 9:02 pm
This is a nice article and a very non-threatening way to describe your life to those who don't really understand Orthodox Jews and their way of life. Thanks for sharing these insights into your life and your world.
Hi Leslie- I'm sorry that your neighbors are so unfriendly. People in my community don't act that way. I actually wrote two posts addressing the issues you bring up:
There are many benefits that come with being insular, but rudeness certainly does not have to (and should not) come with them.
Melanie Levenstein : August 4, 2009 at 11:20 pm
I, too, was brought up in a non-religious home but also find comfort in the traditional roles Judaism gives men and women, or moreso, husbands/fathers and wives/mothers (perhaps I wouldn't find the same comfort if I wasn't married with kids, to be honest). I like that I am still obligated to daven (pray), but that I don't have time constraints nor obligation to daven in a minyan (in shul) like men have. Being a mother, if I remember (I have a baby… I'm often so tired that I forget) to daven, I'm happy! Adding when and where to daven would make it impossible.
Lots of my friends are feminist Jews (I live in Israel) and try to do whatever they can to "equalize" the roles of Judaism (e.g. making the bracha over the challah on Shabbat). I just don't care to change these roles. I joke with them that I'm the biggest female chauvinist. Maybe I am. But I just don't see why it's a problem to have different roles between the sexes. We're NOT the same (physically, mentally/emotionally), but that doesn't mean we're not equal in other ways. Also, the fact that women are spritually elevated than men in Judasim is something that people forget when saying it is an archaic religion. Don't take the elevation so lightly, people!
Thanks so much for this posting. You really wrote how I feel succinctly, and I bet there are many more women out there like us. It's important for the world to know that women are not, and don't FEEL like, second class citizens in Judaism! Thanks again!
Debbie Schoen : August 4, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Thank you for writing this. I am a Jew by choice. I studied for a year, and had my conversion done by my rabbi in a conservative congregation.
I also felt that something was missing,but there are so many untruths out there about the Orthodox, many from fellow jews. I was determined to find out. The more I read, the more observant I am becoming.
I found your site one day, and I'm so glad I did. I have learned so much already.
I'm trying to find an Orthodox rabbi to study with, but where I live, we are the only Jews. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Please keep writing. I learn so much. Thank you
Thanks for your post, Allison. I would like to add that I also am a very happily married Orthodox woman, and I have the most wonderful, helpful man for a husband. He does most of our food shopping, plenty of our cooking, on top of being supportive of me in every way and never being critical of me– not to mention being the most involved father I could have ever imagined. Similar to what Allison said, I can honestly say that my Orthodox husband is way less misogynistic than my completely-secular father. It's a shame that these sterotypes exist, because I find that Judaism gives men and women exactly what each one needs. That doesn't mean we do everything the same way– for example, it makes my husband feel special to sit at the head of the table and make the blessings for us on Shabbos, and I think it's important for men to have that. I, on the other hand, feel special to have a man who doesn't look at other women– real or on screen, and who is always attentive and responsive to me. I believe when we give men the respect and leadership opportunities that they need, they in turn behave as the men we need– shopping and cooking included. I believe the two work together and every marriage–religious or not– would be improved by giving men the reverence they crave.
I would also like to add that I consider myself a "strong, educated woman" as you mentioned in your post– I'm pursuing a Ph.D. and and plan to have a career– in addition to caring for my family. I'd also like to say that I'm FAR more content than I ever was when I wasn't religious. I remember a Rabbi saying to me, when I asked him about Orthodox women being oppressed, "go ask them." His point was the very one you're making, Allison, and it's so wonderful that you can publicize this– most frum women don't feel like second-class citizens– we share a true partnership with our husbands and we're truly content– how many Americans today can say that? I think anyone who watched a true Torah marriage from the inside would be nothing short of envious.
Ruchi Koval : August 5, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Hey Allison,
This post was awesome. I always say that my 14-year-old (Orthodox) daughter and her friends have never felt deprived in their Judaism. If you would walk into the classroom and say, "How many feel that you'd like to read from the Torah?" not one would need that or even know why you were asking. Why? Because they are full. They are satiated in their Judaism. Their lives are rich with meaning, ritual, and tradition.
And I just have to say, too, that my Rabbi husband does bedtime almost every night, all the baths, clears and serves on Shabbat while I sit at the table, and I must say that Orthodox Judaism – or, in better terms – the Torah, has given him these values. Thanks again.
Mark : August 5, 2009 at 5:35 pm
How I wish my wife would attend synagogue instead of me. I'd love to spend time at home with the kids in the morning and not have to worry about reciting Shema in time or reviewing the parshah twice with targum.
I promise, if the law is changed, I'll never complain. I'd like six weeks off when she has a baby instead of helping her all night with the kids, gettng the others to school in the morning, davening each day with a minyan, and working all day.
I don't know if there are any groups out there working on finding a way for men to have babies, but until then, maybe we can just appreciate that everyone has their own challenges as well as benefits in what they do!
Nina : August 17, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Great article and video. I'm surprised you never mentioned what is for me the biggest factor:
There is a difference between "getting to" and "having to". The man's role is an obligation. He MUST daven 3 times a day, join minyan, wear tifilin, etc. whether he wants to or not. Biologically speaking, women' have babies – can you thnk of anything worse than *having* to daven 3 times each day at set times while caring for a baby? etc
David : August 26, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Part of the issue with the desire of women wanting to fulfil male synagogue roles is that modern American Judaism has cast asside most mitzvot, so all that is left is synagogue ritual. If you take away from a women mikveh, the bracha on seperating challah, lighting candles, plus lot's of mitzvot that apply equally to BOTH men and women (Shabbos, kashrus, etc) of course she is going to want to be equal in syangogue, because otherwise there is no mark of Jewish identity.
Terri : May 9, 2011 at 7:00 pm
My issue is that you clearly find meaning in a life like this, but not everyone does. There are other ways to live a halakhic life where women have a more public leadership roles. I am using the word halakhic as opposed to Orthodox (or even Modern Orthodox), as many people would argue that the way I live my life conforms to neither of the latter two labels. But I don't do something that doesn't have a well reasoned halakhic opinion behind it.
I am also not requiring anyone else to find my life religiously fulfilling. I'm simply posing the idea that it isn't wrong to find a halakhically viable means of not fitting in to the traditional roles.
Terri : May 12, 2011 at 10:05 pm
I suppose when I said leadership, I meant ritual.
In my opinion (and in the opinion of greater minds than mine whose halakhic answers I follow), the concept of mesorah is not a static one. The idea of "kavod hatzibur" should evolve with that congregation. Should the idea that a woman is educated enough to read from Megillat Esther on behalf of a congregation that values women's education be an embarrassing one? Or rather should that congregation feel that this is an accomplishment in line with both halakah (which says that she is fully obligated in the mitzvah as much as a man is) and their goals and values? This is not in line with the concept of mesorah as it is typically understood. That mesorah would say that since it was once considered embarrassing and offensive, it should remain so.
On the other hand, I would not ever presume to act as the shaliach tzibur for a man for sh'ma or shmoneh esrei, as I am not equal in his level of obligation.
You may argue that this is not an "Orthodox" perspective, but it is certainly a halakhic one.
Right. Traditional roles. Which of course are not sexist.
I suppose there is no place for homosexual people in Orthodox Judaism, but of course it's nothing homophobic about it, it's simply how things should be…
Yaniv : December 27, 2012 at 1:17 pm
I value many Jewish traditions because they enrich my life and give me a profound sense of identity, spiritual fulfillment, and a sacred connection with my ancestors. Tradition should be respected as a "filter" of wisdom over time. However, this filter isn't always perfect, and I feel tradition should still be questioned, just as we should question everything with the miraculous mind God has given us.
In this context, I cannot accept an aspect of my tradition that denies women the right to pray the same way men pray. For example, some of my female cousins who live in Israel are hurt by the fact that they must pray silently at the Kotel in Jerusalem. All Jews, whether men or women, should have the freedom for their voices to be heard when they pray to God. If we blindly accept traditional teachings that defy our God-endowed logic, we are not acting righteously.
I enjoy your eloquent, insightful, and contemporary writing.
Kara : August 4, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Hi I just wanted to let you know that the link to the video seems to be linking to the wrong video. It brought me to your video on the after life instead of the one on sexism! Though both videos are excellent and so was this post! You have really inspired me into becoming more observant in my faith and I just wanted to thank you!
Lisa Greenspoon : November 11, 2013 at 1:08 pm
I cannot believe the rationalization here. Judaism as practiced by orthodox jews is prejudicial based on gender and on sexual orientation. I am so completely sick of rationalizing orthodox jews pretending that sexism or homophobia based on your religion is anything other than sexism and homophobia. If I went to a restaurant and was told women could only sit in one section and couldn't sit closer even if they wanted to JUST because they were women, or white people could only sit in one section, not closer, JUST because they are white, it would be shut down as violating basic civil rights. But because it's a synagoggue, it's okay? Why is it that men can step in and perform ALL of women's obligations if women aren't available but women can NEVER step in and fulfill men's obligations in reverse? A man can light the shabbat candles if a woman is not available but a woman can never count toward a miyan if a man isn't available? How can anyone in the modern world possibly rationalize this kind of blatant violation of basic human rights for one more minute? Every establishment in Canada that violates basic human rights and promotes segregation and inotolerance of different sexual orientations should be shut down. I don't care how many nice orthodox husbands help with the shopping. I don't care how many mean secular husband's don't help with the kids. One example doesn't change the institutional sexism and humiliation women feel in orthodox judaism. Just tell your loving, supportive orthodox husband to take his underwear to a female rabbi to make sure the female rabbit deems it okay for him to have sex in his private home with his wife, and let's see how much longer your ridiculous rules would continue. Honestly, from one jewish woman to another, look in the mirror and take accountability for your actions. How horrible an example you are setting for the youth. Thank goodness the judaism I practice promotes me to teach my children about equality for ALL and thank god they will grow up to be moral human beings who don't disguise their blatant immorality in the name of G-D.
Rabbi Jack Abramowitz : November 13, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Just to note a technical difference between your two examples:
• There is a mitzvah for there to be candles in the house on Shabbos and the woman has priority in performing this mitzvah. If there's no woman, the house still needs candles, so a man has to do it;
• A man has a personal obligation to attend minyan; it's not an obligation per se that a minyan exist. A man can't tell his son to do it for him because he himself has the responsibility.
These are altogether different types of mitzvos and the cases are not analogous.
There's another matter at play: that of obligation. You know what else is a "men's mitzvah?" Eating in a succah. But women do it, too! (Voluntarily.) And when it's really cold out or when traveling where there's no succah, women generally eat outside the succah (because they can) while men tough it out. That's no criticism of the women because they're acting permissibly, but there are halachic differences between someone who is obligated in a matter and someone who is not obligated in a matter. One who is not obligated in a matter cannot perform it on behalf of one who is so obligated. (For example, a minor can say Kiddush for himself but not for an adult.) Women are not obligated in a minyan, therefore they cannot complete a minyan for men who are so obligated.
So there are real halachic issues at play here. These halachic issues are not predicated on gender but in these example they happen to express themselves through gender.
Lisa Greenspoon : November 13, 2013 at 1:03 pm
With all due respect meant to the Rabbi above, and to Allison who responded, you have simply proven my point further by rationalizing the institutional sexism and homophobia that exist. Allison, you cannot simply say "there is no easy answer to the gay issue in Judaism" and continue without accountability for choosing to participate in an ideology that condemns it. The easy answer is, it's immoral to belong to a group which is prejudicial to someone due to their sexual orientation. Period. That is the only answer, and in that way, all people who continue to support orthodox Judaism are, in my opinion, and that of many other, acting immorally and setting a terrible example. In the same way that the Torah called for death for infractions of shabbat and other infractions of its words and that is obviously no longer followed since it would be immoral to kill even though the Torah says so, that you will rationalize is subject to interpretation and not meant to be taken literally but the gay issue is literal. I mean COME ON!! And please, please do not make an analogy between ob/gyns who are doctors and medical and necessary for women of all races and colors to see for health and compare them to non-medical rabbis.
The truth of the matter is for you, I guess if we take you at face, who has chosen that lifestyle all I can ask is how can you possibly willingly associate yourself with a group who's men wake up and thank G-D every day that they aren't women and who, in my opinion, subjugate their women in countless ways and are prejudicial against gay people. If you choose to do so, you are as free to make your choice of lifestyle as I am to make mine. But to the countless number of children and women who are trapped with no education, no choices and no future outside of your community, my hope is that the institution, the ideology, will evolve so there is more equality and those trapped people are given the chance to live moral lives where all are treated as equals and have the freedom to choose.
If a woman feels spiritually fulfilled and doesn't want to do more (akin to a man) that is her choice. When you take the choice away and tell her she CAN'T, the sexism is there and the basic civil liberties are GONE.
Lisa Greenspoon : November 14, 2013 at 12:19 pm
Thank you Allison
We will just have to agree to disagree. To me it is clear, and to you it is also clear.
While I appreciate your invitation for shabbat, I must gracefully decline. I wouldn't accept an invitation to eat in someone's home who wouldn't eat in mine. And since I will be eating homemade pepperoni pizza with my wonderful husband, children and friends on Friday night, I suspect you would gracefully decline any invitation from me as well.
How lucky we are to live in a world where we are able to choose our own paths and live by the morality we define for ourselves. I wish everyone in the world was as lucky.
All the best to you.
Lisa : November 14, 2013 at 4:37 pm
My vegan friend would use my dishes, cutlery, pots and pans etc. I would happily make or buy vegan food to accommodate a friend's dietary restrictions, and I would happily buy or make kosher food to accommodate a guest. If you would eat kosher food on my plates in my home with my cutlery warmed in my oven, etc. then I stand corrected. I do not think this would be the case. It has not been the case in my experience.
And so you understand, I am incredibly knowledgeable about the orthodox rules and way of life. My sister and her family are orthodox and I have spent well over a decade learning (with rabbis and with her) to try and make peace with her decision to marry a frum man and spend her life as a second class citizen with restricted freedoms, her head covered (which is horrific to me), her body covered, her husband unwilling to comfort her physically after the birth of her babies, sleeping apart from her husband for weeks at a time, her and her husband unwilling to eat in my home or my parents' home. Her husband unwilling to hug me or dance with me at my wedding (which he almost wouldn't even come to, talk about judgmental!) and on and on and on. I could list hundreds of examples. Her three daughters thinking they don't have the right to read from the torah because they are "just girls". It's not that they don't HAVE TO (like their father and brother), it's that they CAN'T EVEN IF THEY WANT TO!! They spend every Friday and Saturday at that sexist shul and the oldest couldn't even have a bat mitzvah like my sister did with their father and my father there to watch!! Honestly Allison, to me, it is insane. I don't want to be rude. I just have to be honest. I'm sorry if you think I'm rude.
My knowledge is not based on stereotypes, it is based on my experience and my knowledge. I have studied the topic extensively, believe me.
I have spent time with orthodox rabbis who have been kind enough to allow me to ask questions so they can try to explain/rationalize things to me so that I could try and understand. I studied with female torah groups, rabbis who were willing and attended years of shabbat dinners in her home to try and be supportive. I have spent time with my sister's in-laws and extended family, many of whom are practicing orthodox. My sister's life, and the fanatical orthodox ideology and lifestyle, breaks my heart. I see nothing redeeming. Nothing.
But although I think it is wrong, I do think you are free to make whatever choices make you happy. As am I. As is my sister, which is what I keep telling myself when it feels so confusing. Everyone must choose their own path.
Learning more and more over the last 12+ years has only strengthened my resolve and my confusion about how anyone could possibly align themselves with what I view as a sexist, fanatical, immoral, nonsensical and oppressive way of life. So with all due respect, please don't assume I am basing my opinions on stereotypes. I am not. I think I have made my points in the best way I know how, so I won't write again. Thank you for giving me a forum to do so and best of luck to you.


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Though the Cy Young ballots remain stashed away for an announcement next month, the players have spoken - twice - and named Tim Lincecum the best pitcher in the National League for 2008.
In the Players Choice awards announced Monday by the Major League Baseball Players Association, Lincecum outpolled Arizona's Brandon Webb and Milwaukee's CC Sabathia for Outstanding Pitcher in the NL. Later Monday, the Sporting News announced that Lincecum won its player polling for NL Pitcher of the Year.
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Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker scored an impressive nine Oscar nominations this morning — for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Cinematography — more than any other 2009 film not starring blue people. A few minutes ago, we called Mark Boal, who co-produced Locker and wrote its screenplay (Boal's first-ever script), to get his reaction.
Congratulations on Locker's big haul this morning.
Do you actually want to talk to me?
Of course we do! How did you find out about your nominations?
Ah, you know, the television set told me.
So what are your plans today. How are you celebrating?
Well I'm going to celebrate by talking to as many members of the press as I can. I can't think of a more enjoyable way to spend the day. You know, I don't know. I have a lot of phone calls to return. At some point I'll probably have some breakfast.
Who did you call first after you'd heard?
Kathryn, Jeremy, and Anthony are in New York. They did The Today Show, so I spoke to them shortly after. They were the first people I spoke to, and we've all kind of become a family, having worked on this thing for three years together now.
Hurt Locker got nine nominations, tying with Avatar for the most. Is that about what you'd expected?
Well, you know I didn't have my fingers crossed, but I think I try not to expect anything because I didn't want to be disappointed. I think it could have gone any number of different ways, so it's pretty thrilling.
What do you make of your competition? Have you seen Avatar?
I have seen Avatar, yeah. I liked it.
Following the guild awards, Hurt Locker seems like the front-runner for Best Picture headed into the Oscars …
Well, I don't really think of it in those terms either way to be honest. I'm pretty much taking it day by day. What really makes me happy is what these nominations will further raise the profile of the film, so I think it will encourage more people to see it. Every time someone buys the DVD, I get 4 cents.
The DVD came out two weeks ago. Will Hurt Locker be re-released in theaters?
I don't know the answer to that. It's something that's being considered, but it's already out on DVD. So I'm not quite sure what makes the most sense to them.
This is your first-ever script and it got you your first-ever Oscar nomination. You should write another one.
It's my first Oscar nomination, my first screenplay. I think I should quit now, and take up a bonsai tree.


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Greentennial Clean Air Run 2012 is fun run event that is held on May 27,2012 in Greenfield City, Paseo, Sta. Rosa Laguna. This fun run featured 4 categories a half marathon, 10km, 5km, 3km and 500m (for kids 5-10 years old).
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Jaime, with the rest of the PEx Running Club, joined me in this endeavour. There were numerous meetings on how we'll go about the event but we weren't able to attend so we were dependent on our team leader. In our group, Jaime took care of the announcements which he got from the greentennial facebook group.
Marshalls after the briefing
On May 27, we were asked to be at venue at 12mn since the bus heading to Greenfield city was leaving on 1am. I came within the allotted with Lee, Jaime, Nathan, Ivan, Jomar, Gel, Yani and Cath but our bus left at around 2am. It was okay since they wanted to accommodate most of the marshalls but it wasn't professional to not follow the schedule.
We met Yuri at Greenfield City since he lives in Sta. Rosa. At 2:30-ish am, the marshal leads briefed us on what we're gonna do. For the 21k run, Jaime and I were in charge of marking the barefoot runners' bibs. Some of us were marking the 1st time half marathoners. The others were marking the "veteran" half marathoners while the rest were human barricades at the starting line.
At the 500m dash, I was tasked to make sure the kids go around the turn around marker. Ivan, Lee and Jomar were guarding the left turn and the rest of the marshals was on the adult categories' finish line.
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At around 3:30-ish am, we were asked to standby for our marshaling duties to begin. The rational of our job was to make sure that the barefoot and first time half marathoners to get the correct medals by marking their bibs and make sure that the medals produced is just enough for the runners.
Posing at the Photo Wall
We were given lists of people who registered not arranged in any order and we had to mark them as we allowed runners to enter the starting area. They were expecting thousands of runners but we the assembly couldn't fit them so as the race begins (the gun start was late, btw) we improvised by making the assembly area bigger but making our job impossible to do in an orderly manner. So at gun start everything was in chaos and we couldn't check off the list they gave us and wasn't able to count the runners who will be running. Funny though no one asked us for the count after the 21k start was done.
Waiting for the 500m dash to begin
After the 21k gun start, we made way for the 10k and 5k runners to enter the assembly area. The gun start for this categories were also late. The same goes for the 3k and 500 dash. After all the adult runners had started officially, we rushed to the 500m dash to await the kids running their allotted route. Watching kids do their 500m dash was fun and so cuuttteee...
After those events, our marshal duties were done. And during those times, we weren't given event shirt to distinguish us as marshals.
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As fellow runners, I believe there should be a level of respect for your fellow runners and as runners who had attended running events we should be ready for things that concerns marshals. It was around 11am when marshals was able to get the food provided for marshals. We hadn't eaten anything since 2am then and some of us were directing the event runners under the scorching heat. Despite the numerous meetings, this wasn't taken into account on the actual race day.
Also, some of the volunteers had the official events shirt with them but it never made it to the hands of the marshals. It mysteriously disappeared. We were given left over green and white shirts instead but we had to go through a lot of people to claim it. Only to find out someone was selling it. Good thing though that despite all the difficulties we were given what we deserve.
Pex Running Club with Mr. Greentennial
As volunteers, we were given the privilege of using the pool and the bus took us there. I went down the bus with Yuri, Nathan, Gel, Yani and Cath to maximize the experience and visit the pool even if I was tired and it turned out that the bus left us and proceeded to the Manila when we were expecting that the bus will be leaving around 11:00am. The bus left us. The marshals who fell asleep were surprised to find themselves heading to Manila and they weren't able to visit the pool.
We weren't happy with what happened as we didn't really wanted to visit the pool and would rather go home so we took a short bath and ask the greenfield people to bring us to Paseo to catch the last shuttle back to Manila. We arrived safely at BGC though and was glad that disappointing day was over.
Dare to change
My friends, teammates and fellow volunteers had agreed to not support Greentennial Events as marshals again. We weren't treated well and we had to endure corruption of freebies. The race was festive but it was a different case for the volunteers. It was still a great experience to be with my teammates and friends, though. Hope to do more of these volunteer activities but with a more aware organizer.
Lastly, I would like to dare Greentennial to be aware of these events and be better organizers for their next race.
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Expanded Polystyrene comprises of large number of styrene monomers, which are used to design moldable, flexible and disposable materials in the industry. It has various significant properties such as excellent lightweight, durable, and moisture resistance. Furthermore it provide versatility and reliability to the product.
The Global Expanded Polystyrene Market has been driven by the scope of its application in various sectors such as construction & buildings, packaging, automotive, and others. Moreover, it is estimated that the packaging segment is set to witness the highest growth in the market due to the growing consumption of low density materials over the forecast period.
Market Segmentation:
The Global Expanded Polystyrene Market is segregated into type and application. On the basis of the type, the market is further categorized into white, grey, and black expanded polystyrenes. The white Expanded Polystyrene is the most widely used type in the market due to its growing consumption in egg trays, vegetables, fish, poultry, and others. Moreover, waterproof resistance and superior mechanical durable nature are the major factors behind the popularity of this segment. The grey Expanded Polystyrene segment is set to drive the market on a slow pace due to its high cost effective nature during the assessment period.
On the basis of the Application, the market is segmented into construction & buildings, packaging, automotive, and others. Between these, the packaging is the leading segment in the market and is anticipated to observe a rapid growth due to an increased demand for lightweight materials in various applications. Additionally, the automotive segment is predicted to witness a higher growth in the industry due to growing substitution of heavy metals by lightweight materials.
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Competitive Analysis:
Some of the major players functioning in the Global Expanded Polystyrene Market are BASF SE (Germany), ACH Foam Technologies, Inc (U.S.), Kaneka Corporation (Japan), SABIC (Saudi Arabia), Alpek S.A.B. de C.V (Mexico), Synbra Holding bv (the Netherlands), NOVA Chemicals Corporation (Canada), StyroChem® (Canada), Unipol Holland B.V. (the Netherlands), and Versalis S.p.A (Italy) among others.
Segmental Analysis:
The Global Expanded Polystyrene Market is spanned across five key regions namely Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa. Among these, Asia Pacific holds the major portion of the global market and is anticipated to continue its dominance due to rising demand for Expanded Polystyrene Market in various applications. Countries such as China, Japan and India are the major players in this region. The North America region is estimated to witness a higher growth in the U.S, Canada and Mexico owing to increasing demand for lightweight materials in packaging, automotive, and construction & buildings sectors. The enactment of new rules and regulations set by the European Union has driven the manufacturers to use polystyrene foam in the end-use industries. Moreover, it is projected that the advancing research & development of product in the market has propelled this region to witness a significant growth in Germany, the U.K. and Italy.
The Middle East & Africa is estimated to observe a significant growth due to increasing consumption of lightweight materials in construction & buildings, packaging and automotive sectors. Additionally, the growing demand for humid resistant and low density materials in construction & buildings industry is projected to boost the market in the Latin American region.
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1 Executive Summary
2 Scope of the Report
3 Market Research Methodology
4 Market Landscape
5 Industry Overview of Global Expanded polystyrene Market
6 Market Trends
7. Global Expanded polystyrene Market by Type
8. Global Expanded polystyrene Market by Application
9. Global Expanded polystyrene Market by Region
10. Company Landscape
11. Company Profiles
11.1.1 Company Overview
11.1.2 Product/Business Segment Overview
11.1.3 Financial Updates
11.1.4 Key Developments
11.2 ACH Foam Technologies, Inc
11.2.1 Company Overview
11.2.2 Product/Business Segment Overview
11.2.3 Financial Updates
11.2.4 Key Developments
11.3 Kaneka Corporation
11.3.1 Company Overview
11.3.2 Product/Business Segment Overview
11.3.3 Financial Updates
11.3.4 Key Developments
11.4.1 Company Overview
11.4.2 Product/Business Segment Overview
11.4.3 Financial Updates
11.4.4 Key Developments
11.5 Alpek S.A.B. de C.V
11.5.1 Company Overview
11.5.2 Product/Business Segment Overview
11.5.3 Financial Updates
11.5.4 Key Developments
12 Conclusion
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The original Netflix drama series House of Cards is an uncompromising exploration of power and ambition. Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey), the House Majority Whip, is a politician's politician – masterful, beguiling, charismatic and ruthless – and he and his equally ambitious wife, Claire (Robin Wright), will stop at nothing to ensure their ascendancy. The Academy of Television recently hosted an evening to celebrate the show, and Collider was there to cover and attend the event.
During the discussion about the 13-episode series, actor/executive producer Kevin Spacey and showrunner/executive producer/writer Beau Willimon talked about their extreme look at Washington, D.C., the collaboration and freedom they get with Netflix, that they shoot two episodes at a time, both done by the same director, why they shoot in Baltimore, Maryland instead of D.C., why this is such a Golden Age for television, and how they've developed the storylines with two seasons in mind. Check out what they had to say after the jump, and be aware that there are some spoilers.
Kevin, did you base Francis Underwood on anybody, in particular?
KEVIN SPACEY: No. If you go back to the origins of this series, it started with Richard III. Michael Dobbs wrote the book House of Cards, which is what they based the original British series on. He wrote this book as a kind of revenge, after he had a falling out with the government and left. I remember the series. My mother loved it, when it was airing here, in the United States. It was brilliantly done. When we started talking about doing it, the idea was that it would adapt well for the United States. Everything that I would have needed, as an actor, to find out who this man is, and quite frankly, there's a lot about him that I still don't know because we have a long road to go, was in the scripts. Working Beau Willimon, David Fincher, Robin [Wright] and this cast has been the most thrilling, extraordinary part of this experience. We have developed this together.
Beau, did The West Wing loom large when you were writing this?
BEAU WILLIMON: Well, The West Wing is a fantastic show. I certainly loved it while it was on the air, and I'm a huge fan of Aaron Sorkin. I think he's an extraordinary writer. But, our approach was fundamentally different. That was a noble fantasy of what we all wish Washington could be. Ours is an extreme look at Washington that is probably closer to the truth. It's apples and oranges comparing them. But, great work is great work, and that's always inspiring.
Are you ever concerned about the storylines getting too far-fetched?
SPACEY: We were shooting this during the presidential campaign. We'd go back to the hotel and turn on the television and watch what the fuck was going on. We were like, "Our storylines aren't that crazy!"
Has being a part of this show made you more or less optimistic about our national political conversation?
SPACEY: More, because everyone in Washington is talking about the show. I hear from all kinds of people that this is the topic in Washington and that makes me think, "Maybe they're taking notes."
WILLIMON: America seems to operate under two very divergent and hypocritical mythologies. One is the American dream. If you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have a better life than your parents did, and your children will have a better life than you did. But, we've seen many cases of that where that's just simply not the case, and yet we hold that close to our hearts. The other mythology has to do with individuals, and the self-made man or woman who doesn't play by the rules. Those are people who are revolutionaries, and who defy their government in order to make it what they want. That's all about breaking the rules. So, one mythology is about sticking to the rules while the other is about breaking the rules. We always saw Francis Underwood as someone who's an extreme version. He says, "I'm going to do it my way, and it doesn't really matter why I'm doing it because you all stand to benefit from it." We see people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates who dispensed with a college education and went out and did it their way and didn't play by the rules. So, we don't have a political agenda with this show, but we do ask the question about whether the ends justify the means is a viable form of government, and that's an important question to ask. Right now, we have a government that's grid-locked. History will not remember those who have nothing to offer but gridlock.
How does Netflix afford a show like this? Did you have to take a pay cut?
SPACEY: No. A few days ago, Netflix announced that, in large measure a result of House of Cards, they brought in two million more subscribers. That means that they have surpassed HBO in memberships in the United States. So, at $7.99 a month, that's $16 million a month. That's a hundred and something million a year. I'm not good at math, but you bet they're making money. When you talk to your friends and say, "What did you do this weekend?," someone will say, "I stayed home and watched three seasons of Breaking Bad," or "I watched three seasons of Dexter," or "I watched two seasons of Game of Thrones." The way people are enjoying consuming the shows they love is to be able to watch them when they want. What we, in some ways, set out to prove is that the film and television industry can learn the lesson that the music industry didn't learn. If you give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, then they'll buy it and they won't steal it.
Did it change the process of writing, at all, to know that the show would be consumed, in this way?
WILLIMON: In all honesty, we didn't know that we were going to release all 13 episodes at once, until we were in production. It was part of the discussions, as soon as we teamed up with Netflix. They're an intrepid company that is always looking for ways to shake things up and try other things. Immediately, that was part of the conversation. We thought about traditional week-to-week release, but ultimately, Netflix decided that they wanted to give the viewers what they'd given them all along, which is viewer empowerment and the choice. Our show happened to be in the right place at the right time, with a phenomenal cast, a visionary director (David Fincher) and what I hope are some decent scripts. So, we said yes because it sounded like an exciting adventure. In terms of the writing of it, our only focus is that it be a great story. Even if you deliver 13 episodes, all at once, it doesn't necessitate binge watching. Some people might watch it over the course of weeks or months, so it had to work both ways. Our only focus was to tell the greatest story possible in 13 hours. We really thought about it like a 13-hour movie.
SPACEY: We went out to all the other networks. We went to lots of cable networks. And we knew one thing, starting out, which was that we didn't want to do a pilot. We just wanted to start telling story. One of the things about a pilot is that you're obligated to, in a sense, audition all of the characters. You have to establish all of the character in a pilot, and we just wanted to tell story. Netflix stepped up and was the only network that said, "We don't need you to do a pilot. We like you, we like you and we like you. How many do you want to do?" And we were like, "How about two seasons?" So, they took a huge leap with us and allowed us to tell a story. I haven't felt like I'm doing episodic. I felt like I was doing a long film.
What it been like to have the freedom and support that Netflix has given you, in making this show?
SPACEY: This is not to denigrate the relationship. We have a great relationship with Netflix. But, the truth is that they didn't even have an office to give us notes because we were the first in original programming. They gave us that freedom, and they were great partners. We joked about the first five minutes of the show, when Francis puts a dog out of its misery. We're certain that if we had been at any other network, we wouldn't have gotten away with that.
WILLIMON: People were saying, "If you kill an animal in the first 30 seconds, you'll lose half of your audience." That came from the fact that I wanted a movie star entrance for Kevin Spacey. He's a friggin' movie star. The original beginning, in the early drafts, was a New Years Eve celebration, which was kind of how the original started, but we wanted something different. So, I thought, "Okay, what happens before that? I've already got him in a tux, so that's good for a movie star. What the most movie star thing you can do? The doors have to fly open, so that he can descend the steps. Okay, so why is he coming out of his house? Maybe he heard something. Maybe it was a car crash. Dead bodies from a car crash seems too grisly and gruesome, so what if it were just a dog? Okay, now he can walk over to the dog, and the dog is whimpering, so what's he going to do? Well, he can put it out of its misery." Literally, it was that stupid. And what I think is the most interesting moment of all that is that it was both an act of violence and mercy. And then, he could do a direct address there. So, in the first 30 seconds, we established that the tone of this would be different than the BBC version. I was in David's office one day and I told him all of this and said, "David, what do you think? People are saying that we'll lose half of our audience, if we kill a dog in the first 30 seconds. Do you care?" And he said, "I don't give a shit." So I said, "Okay, let's do it!" Not that we were that flip or blase about it, but that was the show we wanted to make. If you aren't down with the dog getting strangled in the first 30 seconds, then this isn't the show for you. Every step of the way, Netflix trusted us, and we communicate all the time. They're at the table reads, they get the scripts, they watch the dailies, but it's casual. It's a conversation. It's never a dictate. We're very privileged to be able to have that freedom.
SPACEY: I would like to just add that no animals were harmed in the making of this. It wasn't even a real dog.
How did you approach shooting this? Did you shoot one episode at a time, or did you shoot multiple episodes at a time?
SPACEY: We shot two episodes together. We would storyboard two episodes and do two episodes, and each director would direct those two episodes because it was enough for them to get their teeth into the material with the actors.
Why do you shoot this in Baltimore, Maryland versus Washington, D.C.?
WILLIMON: First of all, Maryland has a great tax credit and that matters because you want to put the most money on screen that you possibly can. To have a soundstage in the District of Columbia where you can actually control sound is really hard. There are security issues. It's very hard to shoot anywhere in D.C. these days because Homeland Security is doing its job and they don't want 15 trucks parked alongside the Washington Monument. Where are stages are in rural Maryland, we're able to control a lot of things. Downtown Baltimore has a plethora of locations that do a pretty great job approximating D.C. A lot of Washingtonians might disagree with that, but you deal with the cards that you're dealt. Maryland has been great for us.
Have you actually filmed anything in the Capitol?
WILLIMON: To date, we have not been able to get cameras into the Capitol itself. You literally need permission, but we remain optimistic that we will get in there, at some point. We've made a lot of friends in Washington, over the last few months.
What sort of feedback have you gotten from the folks in Washington, D.C.?
SPACEY: That it's remarkably close.
Kevin, how is it to do so much direct address to the audience, in this show?
SPACEY: I had the incredible opportunity, a year and a half ago, to play Richard III for 10 months, and we took the production to 12 cities around the world, as far as Beijing, Istanbul, Singapore and Naples. The experience of playing Richard III and the amount of direct address that he does to the audience gave me an opportunity to understand that relationship. Now, I'm looking down the barrel of the lens and I don't have the eyes of the audience, but what I have is the memory of 198 performances. It's a wonder they didn't find my bones in a carpark. That relationship was so alive and so active. I could literally see, in people's faces, in all of these different countries, the grief that they were experiencing in becoming the co-conspirators. There's not a lot of exposition. It's basically a lot of, "Okay, I'm going to go do this. Watch this, I'll be right back. Can you fucking believe I got away with that?!" I started to understand what that relationship was and how vibrant and alive it is for an audience to feel that they're being included in something that nobody else knows. And then, the moral issue becomes, when that character starts to do things, the audience starts to think, "Oh, shit, I was rooting this guy on." So, the only way that I've managed to understand how to attack and play breaking the fourth wall is because I've had that experience in the theater.
How do you decide how much sex to put in the episodes?
SPACEY: It depends on how much sex [Beau] is having.
WILLIMON: We don't have standards and practices, but over 50% of traffic on the internet is for porn, and we can't compete with that. Just because we have no rules, I don't think we're gratuitous. Compared to a lot of shows, there actually isn't a ton of sex on our show. We see sex, like any other form of human behavior, as a form of storytelling. If it has something to contribute to the story and to your understanding of the character and the relationships to one another, so be it. But, it's never there just to titillate. At least, that's the intention.
Why is this such a Golden Age for television right now?
SPACEY: I left the United States, 10 years ago, to go to London and run a theater company, and I watched the film industry begin to shift into a direction where the kinds of complication character-driven stories that I was a part of in the '90s started to mean less and less. The film industry became about tentpole movies and special effects movies that cost a tremendous amount of money, and that created a hole. No writer, director or actor worth their salt is going to sit around and not try to fill that hole. So, it makes total sense to me that, over the last decade, cable has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories that they are being denied the chance to do with a lot of features.
WILLIMON: Let's face it, this was David Fincher. He was really the driving force in getting this whole thing going, and in setting the tone in the first two episodes, which all of the directors and actors then worked within. I've never received notes on scripts that were as insightful as what he had to say. He's meticulous with everything. His knowledge of craft is vast and savant like. Unlike some directors on television shows, he didn't shoot a couple and then skedaddle to go do the next movies. He certainly had a lot of stuff on his plate, but he was there, every second, and for every decision made. He's a perfection. I've never seen anyone that has a work ethic like his. And the energy, passion, smarts and leadership that he brought to the team is the largest part of why we're here. It's all in service of the cast, but I did it because David Fincher wanted to talk to me. When David Fincher wants to talk to you, you get on the fucking phone.
When you set up the series, how many seasons were you envisioning?
WILLIMON: We had two seasons guaranteed, so we talked about those two seasons, very early on. We continue to change and evolve the story, but our discussions have gone as far as two seasons.
House of Cards is now available on Netflix.


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This Mulled Sangria combines the flavors of cranberry and orange in a deliciously warm, spiced cocktail that's perfect for fall!
Have you ever noticed how drinking something warm makes you feel….well….just better? It's the reason I love my coffee in the morning, my green tea at night, warm cider on a crisp Fall day, hot chocolate after playing in the snow, and mulled sangria pretty much….anytime!? Although we are currently having a heat wave here in Wisconsin, I know the cold weather is just around the corner. As are the holidays…which brings back delicious memories of a warm cranberry wine I made for Thanksgiving last year. Mmmmmmmmmm. So when I saw that cranberries had made their seasonal visit back to the produce section, I had to pick some up.
I got to thinking: Is it possible to make the delicious wine from last year even better?? Well, that's easy. Of course! Just add booze:) I decided to refrigerate mine (like you would sangria) to let the flavors develop.
I served it a few days later….but I've since discovered that it's just as good right off the stove top.
Delicious. Better than last year.
Mulled Cranberry-Orange Sangria
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 6 whole cloves
- 3 cups dry red wine I used a Shiraz-Cabernet blend
- 1/4 cup brandy
- 1/4 cup orange liqueur I used Triple Sec
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- orange slices
- In a medium saucepan, combine cranberry juice, sugar, cinnamon and cloves. Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Stir in red wine, brandy, orange liqueur, and cranberries. Bring to a simmer.
- Serve warm.
- *Can be kept warm in a crock pot!